Choice of Forum - Mississippi
August 07, 2008
| Choice of Law | Admission of
Extrinsic Evidence | Insurer
Allocation | Pre-Tender
Fees | Statute of
Limitations | Center of gravity test
| Facts available to the insurer
| Only if easily apportioned | Not addressed
| 3 Years
| | Boardman v. United Serv. Auto Ins., 470 So. 2d 1024 (Miss. 1985); Sheppard & Enoch Pratt Hosp., Inc. v. Sakwa, 725 So. 2d 760, 761 (Miss. 1998) | Farmland Mut. Ins. Co. v. Scruggs, 886 So. 2d 714, ¶ 19
(Miss. 2004) | EEOC v. Southern Pub. Co., 894 F.2d 785, 791 (5th Cir. 1990) | | (Since there is no specific statute of limitations for claims on written contracts, § 15-1- 49 therefore applies.)
USF&G Co. v. Conserva-torship of Melson, 809 So. 2d 647 (Miss. 2002)
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| Pre-Judgment Interest | Late Notice | Public Policy Bar | Independent Counsel | Atty's Fees/Decl. Relief Action | Interest at a per annum rate set by the judge
| Notice-Prejudice
| Bar to defense | May choose own counsel
| Not recoverable
| (Miss. Code Ann. § 75-17-7)
| Jackson v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 880 So. 2d 336, 343 (Miss. 2004) | Delta Pride Catfish v. Home Ins. Co., 697 So. 2d 400, 401 (Miss. 1997) | Moeller v. American Guar. & Liab., 707 So. 2d 1062 (Miss. 1996) | Miller v. Allstate Ins. Co., 631 So. 2d 789 (Miss. 1994) |
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