Personal Injury Lawyers in Moss Point, MS

Moss Point, MS sits where the Escatawpa River empties into the Pascagoula River, a confluence that gave the city its “River City” nickname and, over a century ago, drew moss-draped oaks and a booming sawmill trade that made it one of the country’s largest exporters of longleaf yellow pine lumber. Moss Point holds an unusual distinction in Mississippi history: it incorporated directly as a city in 1901 without first passing through village or town status, already home to more than 3,000 residents. That river geography and industrial past still shape the personal injury claims a local attorney sees today.

Highway 63, Highway 613, and the Escatawpa Bridges

Mississippi Highway 63 runs south from Moss Point to U.S. 90 and north 38 miles toward Lucedale, while Highway 613 follows Telephone Road and Main Street through town before crossing two bridges over the Escatawpa River into inland Jackson County. Both routes carry a mix of local commuters, school traffic, and trucks moving between the Port of Pascagoula and industrial sites north of town, and claims near the bridge approaches often turn on sightlines, merge points, and whether a driver adjusted for narrower lanes crossing the river.

Bayou Casotte and Industrial Corridor Traffic

South of Moss Point, Highway 63 feeds into U.S. 90 and, from there, MS 611 spurs directly into the Bayou Casotte Industrial Park, ending at the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery — one of the largest refineries on the Gulf Coast. The West Moss Point Industrial & Technology Complex, a former International Paper site with barge access on a federally maintained channel, adds another layer of heavy-vehicle and rail traffic near town. A crash involving a tanker truck or freight hauler on this corridor can raise questions about a trucking company’s hours-of-service compliance and insurance coverage that a routine car-versus-car collision would not.

Pure Comparative Fault Along the River

Mississippi’s comparative negligence statute, Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-15, is a pure form of comparative fault — a Moss Point claimant found mostly at fault for their own accident can still recover the remaining percentage of damages, with no cutoff point that erases the claim entirely. Most claims must be filed within three years under Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-49, but any claim against the City of Moss Point or Jackson County is cut to one year under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act and requires written notice by certified mail at least 90 days before suit is filed.

Filing a Claim Out of Jackson County

Moss Point is not the Jackson County seat — that role belongs to Pascagoula, a few miles south — so personal injury lawsuits arising in Moss Point are filed in Jackson County Circuit Court there. Noneconomic damages in a Mississippi case are capped at $1,000,000 under Miss. Code Ann. § 11-1-60, while medical bills and lost wages remain uncapped, and punitive damages require clear and convincing proof of malice or gross negligence.

Finding the Right Lawyer for Your Case

The Lawyer Atlas is a directory, not a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice about your specific situation. If a truck tied to the Bayou Casotte industrial corridor or a government entity might be connected to your injury, ask any attorney you’re considering how that changes the applicable deadline or which insurer is on the hook. Free consultations and contingency fees are standard among Moss Point personal injury attorneys. See the Mississippi overview above for the statewide rules that apply to every claim filed out of Moss Point and the rest of Jackson County.