Civil cover sheet includes a mass tort section.
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Mass torts listed on the civil cover sheet: Asbestos Chemical spill Dioxin Hand/arm vibration Hearing loss Radioactive materials Other
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Mississippi is one of three states that never adopted Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 as part of its state rules of civil procedure. Despite Miss. Code Ann. §11-53-37 providing for attorney's fees if there was a class action, USF&G Ins. Co. v. Walls.
Miss. R. App. P. 5. Interlocutory appeal by permission.
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Mississippi Code § 11-53-37. Costs in class suits. (Provides for costs in class action suits in the Mississippi chancery courts, in spite of the fact that Mississippi has no Rule 23.)
Mississippi Code § 11-51-3. Appeals to Supreme Court.
Mississippi Code § 9-4-3. Jurisdiction of court; issuance of decisions.
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USF&G Ins. Co. v. Walls, 2005 Miss. LEXIS 326. At issue was whether, despite the omission of a rule on class actions, such actions could be heard at equity. Caselaw suggested that class actions could be heard at equity, but the absence of rule or statute providing for class actions was held to be a bar to class actions in Mississippi.
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Supreme Court Order dated October 25, 2000, requires parties filing in Circuit, Chancery, and County Courts to file Form AOC/01 (Rev'd 10/00). This form is the cover sheet for civil case filing, and it is required for data collection purposes.
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McGriggs v. Montgomery, 710 So. 2d 886. Litigant may petition for appellate review of a trial court's interlocutory ruling. Miss. R. App. P. 5.
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Task Force on Local Government Information Systems (LoGIS). Roster of members, meetings, HB992, reports, surveys, available on the Mississippi courts site.
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Task Force on Local Government Information Systems (LoGIS). Roster of members, meetings, HB992, reports, surveys, available on the Mississippi courts site.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) civil master document.
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