This chapter shall apply to any suit or claim or defense or appeal filed or perfected subsequent to July 1, 1988. It shall also apply to any suit or claim or defense or appeal which has been filed or perfected prior to July 1, 1988, and which is not dismissed within one hundred eighty (180) days after July 1, 1988.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-55-15
Actions to which chapter applies
Known as the Litigation Accountability Act
The act spans §§ 11–11 (8 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Leaf River Forest Products, Inc. v. Deakle (1995)
Most recently applied in Leaf River Forest Products, Inc. v. Deakle (September 1995)
Laws, 1988, ch. 495, § 8, eff from and after July 1, 1988.
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