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#1 Mississippi Jury Finds Officers Justified in 2017 Wrong-House Shooting
Sep 19 2023 // OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi jury has rejected a civil lawsuit seeking money damages from two police officers who fatally shot a man while serving a warrant at the wrong house. A federal court jury in Oxford on...
#2 Miss. High Court: Law Firm Not Liable for ‘Negligent’ Subro Action in Car Wreck
Jun 1 2023 // A collections law firm for State Farm Insurance cannot be held liable for a poorly handled subrogation claim against a Mississippi driver, but the insurance company must still face trial in the matter, the Mississippi...
#3 Six Former Mississippi Law Officers Plead Guilty in Torturing of Two Men
Aug 16 2023 // BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty on Monday to state charges for torturing two Black men in a racist assault. All six had recently admitted their guilt in a connected...
#4 Using Forklift to Tow Vehicle at Night Not Covered by Shop’s Liability Policy – MS Court
Jul 5 2023 // Using the boss’ forklift to tow a personal vehicle to a welding shop at night is not work-related and is not covered by a Penn-Star Insurance commercial liability policy, the Mississippi Supreme Court has...
#5 J&J’s Proposed Talc Settlement Would Pay $400 Million to State AGs
May 18 2023 // Johnson & Johnson has set aside $400 million to resolve U.S. state consumer protection actions as part of its broader $8.9 billion effort to settle claims that its Baby Powder and other talc products cause...
#6 Miss. Sheriff Sets New Policies After Torture Episode. Victims Say it’s to Avoid Consequences
Dec 5 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for the victims of an episode of police torture say new policies unveiled by a Mississippi sheriff`s department this week were introduced so the sheriff can escape liability in a civil...
#7 Mississippi River Crests in East Iowa, Testing Barriers
May 3 2023 // BUFFALO, Iowa (AP) – Dale O’Donnell bought his small brick home only 100 yards or so from the Mississippi River because he enjoys watching the river and wanted a good view from his front porch. He got his...
#8 Ways to Mitigate Mobile Home Wind Damage Often Ignored, Even as Deaths Rise
Jul 31 2023 // Rolling Fork, Mississippi (AP) — Many were not just killed at home. They were killed by their homes. Angela Eason had visited Brenda Odoms’ tidy mobile home before. It was a place where Odoms, who had many...
#9 Shot-at FedEx Driver, Now on Workers’ Comp, Has Been Fired, Attorney Says
Aug 23 2023 // A Black FedEx delivery driver who says two white men shot at and chased him in Mississippi in 2022 has now been fired from his job, he and his attorney said Monday. “I honestly feel disrespected,” the former...
#10 Former Mississippi Governor Sues News Site Over Welfare Fraud Comments
Aug 1 2023 // Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is suing a local news organization, claiming it defamed him in public comments on the misspending of $77 million of federal welfare funds intended to help some of the poorest people in...
#11 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies Standard of Evidence for Negligence Award Against River Boat Pilots in Mississippi River Collision Case
Dec 6 2023 // As maritime accidents go, the collision between the M/V Strandja and the M/V Kieffer E. Bailey on the Mississippi River was hardly a catastrophe. A jury determined that damages amounted to only $114,000. But the accident...
#12 Negligence Led to Mississippi Grain Bin Death, OSHA Finds
Apr 25 2023 // A South African teenage farm worker who suffocated to death after falling into a grain storage bin would still be alive had a Mississippi soybean farm followed federal workplace safety standards, inspectors with the U.S....
#13 After Years of Delay, Federal Agencies Unveil Flood Plan for Mississippi Delta
May 8 2023 // Federal officials presented a proposal Thursday to further control flooding in the Mississippi Delta, a move that comes after months of work from government agencies and decades of delays amid disputes over potential...
#14 Slow Recovery in Mississippi a Year After Tornado Ripped Town Apart
Apr 9 2024 // OLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — As a deadly tornado barreled toward their home in the Mississippi Delta, Ida Cartlidge only had time to scoop up her 1-year-old son, Nolan, and hold him close. Cartlidge huddled with her husband...
#15 Mississippi Farms To Pay Back Wages After Favoring Immigrants over Local Workers
Jul 5 2023 // Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States on temporary work visas, the U.S. Labor Department said Wednesday. The department announced...
#16 Mississippi Delivery Driver Sues FedEx, This Time in State Court, After Shooting Incident
Dec 1 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued him in a high-speed chase last year has filed a new lawsuit against the men and his...
#17 Saltwater Intrusion Threatens Louisiana’s Citrus Industry, Farmers Seek Solutions
Oct 2 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Commercial citrus growers have dwindled over the past few decades in south Louisiana, where farmers have had to battle hurricanes, flooding, invasive insects, freezes and drought to keep their...
#18 Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Police by Mississippi Woman Hit by Stray Bullet
Jul 19 2023 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi woman who says she was hit by a stray police bullet while lying in bed. Latasha Smith, 49, was in bed on Dec. 11 when an officer from the state-run Capitol...
#19 Murder, Arson Charges on Hold in Killing of Former Mississippi Legislator
Nov 28 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi prosecutors have dismissed indictments against a man in the shooting death of a former state lawmaker and the earlier burning of a building, saying they need more time to...
#20 $3 Billion BP Deepwater Horizon Settlement Funding Massive Ecosystem Restoration in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish
Aug 14 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Nearly $3 billion in settlement money from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that devastated the Gulf Coast and killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals is now funding a massive ecosystem...
