Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is insufficient evidence that they have died otherwise than simultaneously, the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-3-11
Insurance policies or contracts
Known as the Uniform Simultaneous Death Law
The act spans §§ 91–91 (8 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 849 F. Supp. 1141 - McCurtis Ex Rel. Love v. Life Insurance Co. of North America (1994)
Most recently applied in 849 F. Supp. 1141 - McCurtis Ex Rel. Love v. Life Insurance Co. of North America (February 1994)
Codes, 1942, § 479-04; Laws, 1956, ch. 214, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 1956.
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.