Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi Passes Workers’ Compensation Changes
May 21 2012 // Mississippi legislators offered different views of a bill they passed to change the compensation system for workers injured on the job. If Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signs the bill as is expected, it will become law July...
Court Sides with Mississippi Insurance Agent in Restaurant Case
May 21 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 Court Nixes ‘Negligent’ Flood Policy Advice
May 21 2012 // An insurance company selling federal flood insurance has won a case against a Mississippi homeowner who claimed the insurer was negligent in not informing him that he was eligible to buy a preferred risk policy with more...
Court Tosses Workplace Retaliation Damages Suit Against Mississippi College
May 18 2012 // A federal appeals court has ruled for Hinds Community College in a workplace retaliation case. In 2010, a Mississippi federal judge ordered the school to pay a former professor $345,020 after a federal jury found she had...
Judge: Mississippi Lawyer Owes Diet Drug Claimants $600K
May 10 2012 // A judge has ruled that a Jackson attorney owes two former clients a combined $600,000 from more than $4.5 million in attorney fees he received in a diet drug settlement case dating to the early 2000s. The Clarion-Ledger...
Mississippi Judge Declares Damages Cap Unconstitutional
May 7 2012 // A state judge in Mississippi’s Coahoma County has declared a legislatively imposed cap on non-economic damages unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Charles Webster issued the ruling April 20 in a 14-page opinion. He...
Lawmakers OK Limits on Mississippi AG’s Deals with Private Law Firms
May 4 2012 // A measure to limit Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood’s ability to control state legal business is on the way to Republican Gov. Phil Bryant. The Mississippi Senate voted 34-18 Wednesday to pass House Bill 211,...
Bill Permits Golf Carts on Mississippi City Streets
May 3 2012 // A bill that would allow golf carts on the streets of Diamondhead has been sent to Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who has until today, May 3, to act on the bill. The Sea Coast Echo reported that House Bill 1670 would allow...
Mississippi Lawmakers Pass Workers’ Compensation Changes Backed by Employers
May 2 2012 // Mississippi legislators offered sharply different views of a bill they passed Monday to change the way compensation is awarded to workers injured on the job, or to survivors of those killed at work. If Republican Gov. Phil...
Court Reverses Mississippi Award Over ‘Negligent’ Flood Policy Advice
May 1 2012 // An insurance company selling federal flood insurance has won a case against a Mississippi homeowner who claimed the insurer was negligent in not informing him that he was eligible to buy a preferred risk policy with more...
Mississippi Wind Pool Buys $815 Million in Reinsurance
May 1 2012 // Mississippi’s insurer of last resort has bought $815 million in reinsurance for the coming storm season. The Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association isn’t releasing the exact cost to protect future...
Union Carbide Wins Mississippi Asbestos Case on Second Try
Apr 30 2012 // An asbestos lawsuit that once resulted in a $322 million verdict for a Mississippi man has turned in favor of the company he sued. Thomas Brown’s lawyers had called the verdict last year the largest asbestos award...
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...
