Mississippi § 11-7-175 - Liability of ships and vessels for causing death or injury.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 11-7-175 — Liability of ships and vessels for causing death or injury., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11-7-175. Liability of ships and vessels for causing death or injury.
Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of any ship or vessel, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action, or to proceed in rem against the said ship or vessel, or in personam against the owners thereof, or those having control of her, and to recover damages in respect thereof, then, in every such case the ship or vessel, which, had not death ensued, would have been liable to an action for damages, or to a libel in rem, and her owners, or those responsible for her acts or defaults or negligence to a libel in personam, shall be liable for all damages notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to a felony.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-7-175 ("Liability of ships and vessels for causing death or injury.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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