MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Judiciary

By: Senator(s) Hawks

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-7-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN NEGLIGENT PLAINTIFFS FROM RECOVERY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 11-7-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

11-7-15. In all actions hereafter brought for personal injuries, or where such injuries have resulted in death, or for injury to property, including actions for damages caused by products, the fact that the person injured, or the owner of the property, or person having control over the property may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, unless the negligence or fault of the person injured, or the owner of the property, or person having control of the property is equal to or greater than fifty percent (50%) of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought, but damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the person injured, or the owner of the property, or the person having control over the property.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1999.