Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi Attorney General Settles with State Farm
Aug 6 2008 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced the settlement of the state’s breach of contract suit against State Farm. Hood said the suit was filed after State Farm refused to comply with a January 2007 Hinds...
Former Mississippi Lawyer Scruggs to Begin Prison Term in Kentucky
Aug 4 2008 // Not so long ago, former Mississippi-based Richard “Dickie” Scruggs was one of the most powerful civil lawsuit attorneys in the country. In prison, he will be inmate No. 12734-042. Scruggs, 62, must report to a...
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Aug 4 2008 // Jacksonville, Florida-based insurer The Main Street America Group named Joe Meholic president of its Richmond, Virginia region. In his new role as regional president, Meholic will be accountable for the direction,...
Lawyer Suggests Scruggs got Witness Help from Former Mississippi Senator
Aug 1 2008 // An insurance company’s attorney suggested during a sworn deposition that former Mississippi U.S. Sen. Trent Lott urged witnesses to give false information in a Hurricane Katrina lawsuit, according to court...
Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi Names New President
Jul 31 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi elected Angelyn Treutel of Treutel Insurance Agency in Bay St. Louis president at their 110th Annual Convention in Destin, Florida. Treutel’s election follows an active...
Convicted Mississippi Lawyer Scruggs wants Testimony Sealed
Jul 30 2008 // Convicted Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and his son want to prevent their sworn testimony in a Hurricane Katrina lawsuit from becoming public and “undermining the presumption of...
Federal Investigations Continue in Mississippi Jobsite Cave-ins
Jul 29 2008 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Mississippi is continuing investigations into two separate jobsite cave-ins in March that led to the deaths of four workers. Both cave-ins require up to six months to...
Court Asked to Drop Charges in Mississippi Lawyers’ Bribery Attempt
Jul 27 2008 // U.S. Attorney Jim Greenlee has asked the court to dismiss remaining charges against attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and two others ensnared in a judicial bribery scheme. One motion asks to dismiss the...
Court Orders Mississippi Lawyer Scruggs to Kentucky Federal Prison
Jul 25 2008 // Famed Mississippi anti-tobacco lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs is ordered to report to a federal prison in Ashland, Ky., in August to start serving his five-year sentence for attempting to bribe a Mississippi...
USG Expands to Mississippi and Alabama
Jul 21 2008 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesale broker of commercial insurance, is expanding operations nationwide with the addition of a dedicated underwriter to Mississippi and Alabama. Debbie Rogers is the new contact...
Montgomery Insurance Names Mississippi Territory Manager
Jul 16 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based Montgomery Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed James Woodall as territory manager for Mississippi. Woodall will manage existing agency relationships and identify...
Mississippi Highway Patrol Tickets 5,000, Arrests 40 over Holiday
Jul 8 2008 // The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol says it issued more than 5,000 tickets over the Fourth of July weekend. The counting period began at 6 p.m. July 3 and ended late July 6. The tickets issued include: 134 for driving...
Nationwide, Allstate Grab State Farm Policies in Miss.
Jul 7 2008 // Nationwide and Allstate will insure homes along the Mississippi coast where the current insurer decided not to renew policies, officials said. The State Farm Insurance action involves 892 policies within 1,000 feet of...
Ratings: MS Frontier, PARIS RE RISC
Jul 3 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a+” to Bermuda-based MS Frontier Reinsurance Ltd. (MS Frontier) with stable outlooks. MS...
Mississippi Jury Returns Verdict in Favor of Pascagoula Couple
Jul 1 2008 // A Jackson County, Mississippi jury returned a $900,000 verdict for a Pascagoula couple who sued their insurer for unpaid Hurricane Katrina damages. Retired Navy Admiral James Lisanby and his wife sued USAA insurance for...
Mississippi Supreme Court Won’t Hear Funeral Home Owner’s Appeal
Jul 1 2008 // The Mississippi Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of the embezzlement convictions of the former owners of Salts Funeral Home in Booneville, Miss. A Lee County jury in 2005 convicted Michael I. Salts and Alice Marie...
Mississippi Judge Rejects Punitive Damages Bid by Pascagoula Couple
Jul 1 2008 // A Jackson County judge won’t let a jury consider punitive damages in the case of a Pascagoula couple who sued their insurer for unpaid Hurricane Katrina damages. USAA had paid the Lisanbys $46,000 for their wind...
High-Profile U.S. Trial Lawyer Scruggs Sentenced to 5 Years
Jun 30 2008 // A high-profile Mississippi lawyer, who became unpopular on Wall Street for battling powerful companies, was sentenced to five years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to conspiring to bribe a judge. Richard...
Midwest Flood Losses Sink In as Mississippi River Water Levels Recede
Jun 30 2008 // Farmhouses appear to float on lakes, and farmers use boats to get to their barns. Businesses are shuttered as flooded roadways cut off customers. Rail lines, factories, river locks are shut down. Homeowners, who watched...
N.Y. Governor Supports Easing Rules for Foreign Reinsurers
Jun 27 2008 // New York will hire more minority- and women-owned debt underwriters, lawyers and risk managers and ease regulatory barriers that are “openly discriminating” against foreign reinsurers, Democratic Gov. David...
