Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Court Sides with Mississippi Insurance Agent in Restaurant Case
Apr 26 2012 // The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that the owners of a Bay St. Louis restaurant cannot collect more than $300,000 they claimed to be owed by a local insurance agent after their business washed away in...
Mississippi Judge Declares Damages Cap Unconstitutional
Apr 25 2012 // A state judge has declared a legislatively imposed cap on how much juries can award in non-economic damages unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Charles Webster in Coahoma County issued the ruling April 20 in a 14-page opinion....
Mississippi Lawmakers Still Weighing Workers’ Compensation Changes
Apr 19 2012 // Mississippi senators are considering making more changes to a workers’ compensation bill that sparked controversy in the Legislature this year. Supporters said the bill removes an existing bias toward workers, while...
Mississippi All-Terrain Vehicle Law Questioned
Apr 12 2012 // Most people who ride their four-wheelers do so on their own property. WTVA-TV reported that occasionally someone will drive them on the road, and in Mississippi, that’s somewhat legal. Mississippi law allows...
Mississippi Highway Accident Reports Available on Internet
Apr 10 2012 // Reports on accidents investigated by the Mississippi Highway Patrol can be purchased over the Internet. Public Safety Commissioner Albert Santa Cruz said the system underwent several weeks of testing and went live April...
Mississippi Residents Still Recovering from 2011 Floods As New Season Approaches
Apr 9 2012 // The levees in Tunica, Mississippi, held. But that doesn’t mean the record Mississippi River flood of 2011 didn’t leave destruction in its wake. As hundreds of Mississippi residents struggle to get back into...
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Bill Goes Back to Senate
Apr 9 2012 // The Mississippi House last Thursday advanced a bill to make changes that manufacturers and business groups are seeking in the workers’ compensation system. Senate Bill 2576 passed the House 59-58 and returns to the...
Texas Bus Inspections Get Lax Oversight Despite Crashes
Apr 4 2012 // Months after their state-certified vehicle inspection station was cited by federal authorities for failing to notice defects in a bus that crashed in North Texas, killing 17 passengers, brothers Alam and Cesar Hernandez...
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Bill Hits Snag in House
Apr 4 2012 // A bill that would revise Mississippi’s workers’ compensation system survived attempts to kill it this week, but ended up further away from passage. After earlier rejecting proposed changes to the system of...
Mississippi House Sends Workers’ Comp Bill to Senate
Apr 2 2012 // Mississippi House members now favor changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system after previously voting against them. House members voted 60-56 last Thursday to pass Senate Bill 2576, which proponents...
Mississippi High Court Won’t Rehear Wind vs. Water Damage Case
Mar 26 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied motions to reconsider its ruling last December that overturned a judgment for an insurance company in a wind vs. water case. The case involved a Pascagoula home hit by 6.3 feet of...
Mississippi Lawmakers End Hunting/Fishing Exemption from Flood Regulation
Mar 26 2012 // The Mississippi Senate has given final legislative approval to a bill to allow local governments to enforce federal floodplains codes at hunting and fishing camps and remain in the National Flood Insurance Program. The...
Mississippi Supreme Court Denies Appeal In Road Sign Case
Mar 20 2012 // An appeal from Don F. McElroy, who claims he is owed compensation from Simpson County for injuries he suffered in a 2004 accident, won’t be heard by the Mississippi Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, in a 7-1 decision...
Mississippi Workers’ Comp Chief Aims to Balance Costs, Fair Treatment
Mar 19 2012 // As chairman of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission, Liles B. Williams oversees the work of an agency that receives reports of more than 11,000 work-related injuries per year. Williams sees his role as...
Mississippi Trial Date Set in Decade-Old Frankel Case
Mar 19 2012 // More than a decade after it was filed, a federal judge in Mississippi has set a tentative trial date in a lawsuit stemming from scams run by a notorious financier who looted $200 million from insurance companies and...
Mississippi House, Senate Divided Over Workers’ Compensation Changes
Mar 16 2012 // The Mississippi Legislature is split on a bill that would make changes to the state’s workers’ compensation law. Opponents say it would tilt the scales against workers, but proponents say it would return...
Mississippi Counties Improve Fire Insurance Ratings
Mar 14 2012 // Mississippi’s Monticello and Lawrence County have achieved new fire insurance ratings. Officials told the Daily Leader that the city has new rating of six and the county has an eight. The ratings came from the...
Judge Denies Claim Mississippi DUI Law Is Unconstitutional
Mar 9 2012 // Harrison County Circuit Judge Larry Bourgeois has declined to throw out the indictment in a DUI death case and dismissed a defense attorney’s claim that the Mississippi law is unconstitutional. The ruling was sought...
Mississippi Trial to Begin in Frankel, Vatican Fraud Case
Mar 5 2012 // More than a decade after it was filed, a federal judge in Mississippi has set a tentative trial date in a lawsuit stemming from scams run by a notorious financier who looted $200 million from insurance companies and...
Mississippi House Revisits Vetoed Auto Insurance Verification Bill
Mar 1 2012 // A proposal to set up online computer checks to make sure drivers have auto insurance is again moving forward in the Mississippi House. A similar measure was vetoed last year by then-Gov. Haley Barbour. According to 2009...
