Allocation of fault; revise certain provisions concerning workers' compensation that relates to.

Summary

The measure changes Mississippi workers’ compensation law so that an employer or its insurer is not forced to join lawsuits against other parties responsible for an employee’s injury. If they choose not to join, they lose the right to be repaid from any settlement, and any claim they have to recover the money they paid is reduced by the employer’s percentage of fault. It also clarifies how fault is defined and divided among multiple defendants.

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