CITY OF RIDGELAND v. FOWLER

No. 2000-IA-01470-SCT.

846 So.2d 210 (2003)

The CITY OF RIDGELAND, Mississippi, City of Ridgeland Police Department, Police Chief Charles Newell and Donald Martin v. Donald FOWLER, Glenda Fowler, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Karen Ross Fowler.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest W. Stringfellow, Jackson, attorney for appellants.

Vicki Robinson Slater, Jackson, Edward Blackmon, Jr., Trent L. Walker, Canton, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.


SMITH, P.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. This interlocutory appeal by the City of Ridgeland presents to this Court the sole question of whether the chancery court has subject matter jurisdiction over a lawsuit brought under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act, Miss.Code Ann. §§ 11-46-1 to -23 (Rev.2002). Adhering to our recent decision in Lawrence County School District v. Brister, 823 So.2d 459 (Miss. 2001), we hold that...

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