If the parties to a cause of action agree, any claim filed alleging damages may receive a bench trial which shall be conducted in two hundred seventy (270) days or less after the cause of action has been filed. The cause of action shall be a priority item in the court.
Bench trials allowed in certain cases where parties agree
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-1-18, under Practice and Procedure Provisions Common to Courts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-1-18