Miss. Code Ann. § 11-69-1 Immunity of persons or entities from civil liability for furnishing information concerning insurance fraud; applicability.
Except as otherwise providedin subsection (2) of this section, there shall be no civil liabilityimposed on and no cause of action shall arise against a person orentity for furnishing information concerning suspected or completedinsurance fraud to any law enforcement, investigatory, prosecutorialor regulatory agent or agency, insurer, or statutory residual marketplan. This shall not abrogate or modify common law or statutory privilegesor immunities enjoyed by a person or entity. The prohibition of civilliability applies only to the act of reporting and does not limitcivil liability against a person or entity for committing fraud orother tortious conduct. Subsection (1) of thissection shall not apply to claims against persons where false statementswere made in bad faith by persons furnishing information concerningsuspected or completed insurance fraud. Any civil action brought againsta person for filing a report or furnishing other information concerninginsurance fraud shall be dismissed unless the party bringing the actionhas pleaded specifically that subsection (1) of this section doesnot apply because the person filing the report or furnishing the informationdid so in bad faith, and has pleaded specifically facts that supporta claim of bad faith.