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Miss. Code Ann. § 11-67-13

Failure to provide information; sanctions

Known as the Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Claims Transparency Act

The act spans §§ 11–11 (8 sections).

Laws, 2017, ch. 435, § 7, eff from and after July 1, 2017.

(1) If the plaintiff files an asbestos trust claim after the plaintiff obtains a judgment in an asbestos action, and that asbestos trust was in existence at the time the plaintiff obtained the judgment, the trial court, on motion by a defendant or judgment debtor seeking sanctions or other relief, has jurisdiction to reopen the judgment in the asbestos action and adjust the judgment and order any relief to the parties that the court considers just and proper.

(2) A defendant or judgment debtor shall file any motion under this section within a reasonable time and not more than one (1) year after the judgment was entered.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.