Fatal Accidents

A wrongful death claim and a survival action are two separate legal claims that can arise from the same fatal accident in Mississippi. A wrongful death claim compensates your surviving family for the losses they have suffered because of the death, while a survival...

When a car accident in Mississippi involves a fatality, two separate legal processes begin at the same time. Law enforcement investigates and the state may pursue criminal charges against the at-fault driver, while Mississippi law separately gives surviving family...