The proceeds of any judgment not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) recovered by any person on account of personal injuries sustained, shall inure to the party or parties in whose favor such judgment may be rendered, free from all liabilities for the debts of the person injured.
Miss. Code Ann. § 85-3-17
Judgment for personal injury
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case In Re Ballard (1999)
Most recently applied in 956 F. Supp. 2d 872 - Bone v. Taco Bell of America, LLC (July 2013)
Codes, Hemingway’s 1917, § 1815; 1930, § 1759; 1942, § 311; Laws, 1914, ch. 146.
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