Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mississippi AG Wants Judge to Take Over BP Oil Spill Claims
Jan 27 2011 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is asking for the federal judge in charge of the litigation surrounding the BP oil spill to take over the Gulf Coast Claims Facility process. Hood filed a “Statement of Interest...
Mississippi Supreme Court Asked to Rule on State’s Limit on Damages
Jan 27 2011 // A federal appeals panel is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court if state law that limits non-economic damages to $1 million in civil cases is constitutional. The question from a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit...
Judge Permits Mississippi Whistleblower Case Against Insurer
Jan 27 2011 // U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. has declined to dismiss a whistleblower lawsuit filed against State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. State Farm had sought dismissal of the 2006 lawsuit filed by Cori and Kerri Rigsby, who...
Mississippi Counties Oppose New Flood Insurance Maps
Jan 18 2011 // Two counties in the northeastern part of Mississippi are fighting flood zone designations on new maps that are part of a modernization program spearheaded by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Officials in...
Mississippi Lawmakers Pass School Bus Safety Bills
Jan 18 2011 // The Mississippi Senate has unanimously passed a bill designed to improve safety on school buses and on campuses during pick-up and drop-off times. It says striking a child with a vehicle after passing a school bus would be...
Insurers Offer Options for Mississippi, Alabama Coastal Homeowners
Jan 12 2011 // A handful of new insurers have entered the coastal markets of Alabama and Mississippi, offering options to some homeowners. Coastal American, PURE, American Strategic, Wilshire, Republic and Southern Fidelity may not...
BP Claims Chief Meets with Mississippi Business Owners
Jan 12 2011 // The administrator of BP’s $20 billion oil spill claims fund has promised fairness and speed in compensating victims, but angry fishermen and business owners are complaining that they’re still not getting what...
Mississippi Fire Deaths Totaled 80 in 2010
Jan 11 2011 // Fire deaths in Mississippi totaled 80 in 2010, according to the state fire marshal’s office. Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Ricky Davis tells The Clarion-Ledger that his office investigated 69 of the fatal blazes. Davis...
USAA Reworking Wind Coverage Accounts on Mississippi Coast
Jan 10 2011 // USAA, a banking and insurance company that caters to military personnel, is dropping wind coverage from its homeowners’ policies in Mississippi’s three coastal counties. The Sun Herald reported that about 1,550...
House Lets Stand Mississippi Gov. Barbour’s Veto of Windpool Funds
Jan 7 2011 // The Mississippi House has failed to override a governor’s veto of legislation that would have placed a $20 million subsidy into a state wind pool insurance fund. The vote was 68-52 in favor of an override, but at...
Feds Pursuing Fraud Charges Against Oil Spill Claimants in 5 States
Dec 21 2010 // A woman was indicted last week in the Eastern District of Louisiana for allegedly filing fraudulent claims for compensation due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Four other individuals were also charged last week in...
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Dec 20 2010 // Insurance broker Marsh appointed Peter Mavraganis as U.S. leader of its renewable energy practice. Mavraganis, based in New York, will oversee Marsh’s support for its clients in renewable energy development,...
Mississippi Casino Workers’ BP Oil Claims Get Second Look
Dec 13 2010 // The agency in charge of paying Gulf of Mexico oil spill claims is requesting information from casinos that could lead to payments to hundreds of gambling employees previously denied damage claims, the head of an industry...
Mississippi State Football Game Victim of Cowbell Assault Sues
Dec 6 2010 // A man involved in an incident last year in which he was hit with a cowbell at a Mississippi State football game has sued his alleged attacker and the Southeastern Conference. Records in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court show...
Mississippi Court Rejects Bad Faith Katrina Damages
Dec 5 2010 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld a breach-of-contract verdict in a dispute between an insurance company and a retired Navy admiral over coverage of damages from Hurricane Katrina. However, the high court said...
Drunk Driving Arrests Up, Fatalities Down in Mississippi
Nov 30 2010 // DUI arrests have skyrocketed in Mississippi in the past several years, helping lead to the lowest number of drunken driving deaths in decades. It’s welcome news for a state that has ranked among the nation’s...
Insurer Wants Ex-Judge Off Mississippi Lawyer Case
Nov 30 2010 // An insurance company wants former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz kicked off a lawsuit involving imprisoned former attorney Paul Minor. Minor, meanwhile, also thinks the federal judge in the case should step...
Mississippi Judge Asks Court to Restore His Immunity
Nov 30 2010 // A Mississippi judge is asking a federal appeals court to restore his immunity from being sued over claims that he knowingly making false claims to authorities. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled arguments for...
Mississippi Football Player’s Pink Cleats Lead to Lawsuit
Nov 12 2010 // Attorneys for a Mississippi high school football player have sued the player’s school district claiming the athlete was kicked off the team for wearing pink cleats to practice. Deputy Superintendent Tom Duncan told...
Museum Preserves History of Deadly Mississippi Nightclub Fire
Nov 11 2010 // For 70 years, remembrances of the 209 people killed in the fire at the Rhythm Night Club in Natchez have been limited to a historical marker, a small annual ceremony and a few scattered newspaper clippings. Now, the...
