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Common Legal Questions in Mississippi
9 attorney-reviewed questions from people in Mississippi. Select one to read the guidance, or start a free chat.
DUI & Traffic (5)
- Completing a Mississippi DUI Programme After Moving Away
- Contempt and Jail Over an Unaffordable Court-Ordered DUI Programme
- Facing a First-Time Motor Vehicle Theft Charge
- Getting a Seized Firearm Back After Mississippi Charges Are Dismissed
- Mississippi Taking Away of a Motor Vehicle: First-Offence Exposure
Criminal Defense (2)
Estate & Probate (1)
Mississippi Courts & Legal Aid
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- Use the ABA Lawyer Referral Directory to get matched with a local attorney through your state bar.
Case Law Cited in Mississippi
1 court decision cited across these pages. These are provided as legal background, not as advice about any particular case.
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport v. Guardianship of Proulx ex rel. Proulx, 121 So. 3d 222 (Miss. 2013)
Where a minor was injured in a car accident, the parents obtained letters of guardianship and petitioned the chancery court for authority to compromise and settle his personal-injury claim, and asked the court to dismiss medical providers' claims against the settlement proceeds, the Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of the hospital's claim because the hospital had no assignment, lien, or other legal right to payment from the settlement proceeds. The opinion illustrates that a minor's injury settlement is compromised through a court-supervised guardianship petition, and that a medical provider cannot reach the proceeds absent an assignment, a statutory lien, or a contractual right.
Cited on: Spending a Minor's Injury Settlement in Mississippi