In all causes of action for personal injury or property damage or economic loss brought on account of negligence, strict liability or breach of warranty, including actions brought under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, privity shall not be a requirement to maintain said action.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-20
Privity unnecessary to maintain actions in negligence, strict liability or breach of warranty
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case 612 So. 2d 359 - Century 21 Deep South Prop., Ltd. v. Corson (1992)
Most recently applied in 960 F. Supp. 2d 641 - Chatman v. Pfizer, Inc. (March 2013)
Laws, 1976, ch. 385, § 5, eff from and after passage (approved April 27, 1976
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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.