Fault & Liability in Car Accidents in MS

Mississippi handles car crashes on fault, not no-fault. Here is what that means for who pays your bills, how your own share of the blame cuts your recovery, and the deadline you cannot miss.

In Mississippi, being partly at fault for a crash reduces your recovery by your percentage of blame but never eliminates it. Here is how the state's pure comparative negligence rule actually works, with the statutes, caps, and deadlines behind it.