Title 11, Civil Practice and Procedure

(1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Tort Claims Fund.” All monies that the Department of Finance and Administration receives and collects under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section and all funds that the Legislature app…

(1) There is created a board which shall be known as the Mississippi Tort Claims Board. The board shall consist of seven (7) members as follows:(a) The Governor, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one (1) member who shall serve at the will and pleasure…

(1) The board shall have the following powers:(a) To provide oversight over the Tort Claims Fund;(b) To approve any award made from the Tort Claims Fund;(c) To pay all necessary expenses attributable to the operation of the Tort Claims Fund from such fund;(d) To assign litigated …

(1) The Tort Claims Board shall be charged with the responsibility to regulate all liability coverage of governmental entities required to have certificates of coverage under this chapter which elect to provide the same through a public entity group or individual self-insurance p…

If any provision or clause of Chapter 46, Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972, or application thereof is held invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such holding shall have no effect on any other provisions or applications of Chapter 46, Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972, and t…

(1) The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds and determines as a matter of public policy and does hereby declare, provide, enact and reenact that the “state” and its “political subdivisions,” as such terms are defined in Section 11-46-1, are not now, have never been and …

(1) Notwithstanding the immunity granted in Section 11-46-3, or the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the immunity of the state and its political subdivisions from claims for money damages arising out of the torts of such governmental entities and the torts of their em…

(1) The remedy provided by this chapter against a governmental entity or its employee is exclusive of any other civil action or civil proceeding by reason of the same subject matter against the governmental entity or its employee or the estate of the employee for the act or omiss…

Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services licensed foster parents shall be covered under this chapter for claims made by parties other than the foster child which are based on inadequate supervision or inadequate care of the foster child on the part of the foster parent…

(1) A governmental entity and its employees acting within the course and scope of their employment or duties shall not be liable for any claim:(a) Arising out of a legislative or judicial action or inaction, or administrative action or inaction of a legislative or judicial nature…