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Famed Miss. Trial Attorney Scruggs Pleads Guilty to Trying to Bribe Judge
Mar 24 2008 // Star of cases against insurance, tobacco and asbestos industries faces prison, fines and loss of lawyer’s license Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs used a mix of bare-knuckle tactics and...
Mississippi Official Says Collapsed Trench Lacked Safety Devices
Mar 24 2008 // The Forrest County, Miss., coroner says no required safety devices were being used in a collapsed trench that killed three workers at the Hattiesburg-Forrest County Industrial Park. U.S. Occupational Safety and Health...
Mississippi Bar Asks Supreme Court to Pull Scruggs’s Law License
Mar 20 2008 // The Mississippi State Bar has filed a petition to disbar Oxford attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. The petition was filed Tuesday with the Mississippi Supreme Court, which decides such matters. A similar...
Former Mississippi Attorney General to Help Defend Zach Scruggs
Mar 19 2008 // Former Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore notified court officials that he is helping defend Richard “Dickie” Scruggs’ son and law partner, Zach, against judicial bribery charges. As attorney...
Mississippi Also Affected by Weekend Storms, Business Destroyed
Mar 19 2008 // High winds destroyed a home and a business in Mississippi’s Prentiss County March 14 and caused major damage to two other structures. A Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman said March 15 that it’s...
Update: Mississippi Senate Sends Gov. Bill to Give $25M to Wind Pool
Mar 18 2008 // The Mississippi Senate sent Gov, Haley Barbour a bill last week to transfer $25 million into a fund that assists the state wind pool. The wind pool has about 36,000 policies. Most are held by homeowners in six south...
Judicial Bribery Fallout Reveals Mississippi Manslaughter Case Implications
Mar 18 2008 // Katie South knew something wasn’t right. Her husband, Joe, has been dead for almost three years. The man charged with his death will go on trial Monday in Holly Springs after a judge this week declined to approve...
Miss.: Scruggs Pleads Guilty to Trying to Bribe a Judge
Mar 17 2008 // Mississippi attorney, Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, used a mix of bare-knuckle tactics and country-lawyer charm to extract billion-dollar settlements from cigarette makers, asbestos companies and other big...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Business Moves
Mar 10 2008 // State Farm, Florida Florida’s largest private insurer, State Farm, has decided to cease writing new policies for homes. The move is not expected to affect most of the company’s 1 million current policyholders....
Declarations
Mar 10 2008 // Halt Non-Renewals “These activities, we strongly believe, are prohibited by the Alabama Trade Practices Law. The law specifically says that inducements not specified in the policy are prohibited.” —Alabama...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner to Host Coastal Forum
Mar 3 2008 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance, Mike Chaney, and the Mississippi Insurance Department will hold an informational public forum this week for the state’s coastal residents. Featured speakers from the...
Judge Dismisses Ala. Contempt Case against Miss. Attorney Scruggs
Mar 3 2008 // A federal judge dismissed a criminal contempt charge against Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs last week, giving the prominent lawyer one less case to worry about as he fights a more serious bribery...
Miss. Senate Approves $25 Million for Wind Pool to Help Gulf Coast
Mar 3 2008 // Freshman Sen. Michael Watson knows the sting of rising insurance costs on the hurricane-battered Mississippi Gulf Coast. Watson said after Hurricane Katrina struck more than two years ago, he lost his home’s wind...
Miss. A.G.: Didn’t Know Men Allegedly Buying Influence
Feb 29 2008 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he would not have met with two men now entangled in a judicial bribery case had he known they were allegedly paid $500,000 to try to influence his investigation of an insurance...
FBI: Scruggs Paid 2 Men to Persuade Miss. A.G. not to Indict State Farm
Feb 28 2008 // A lawyer accused of trying to bribe a judge also paid two associates $500,000 to convince Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood not to file criminal charges against an insurance company over its handling of Hurricane...
Miss. Homeowners in Flood Zone May Qualify for Katrina Home Help
Feb 28 2008 // Mississippi officials said Tuesday that homeowners with elevated structures who lived inside the federally designated flood zone when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 may still qualify for housing assistance. Jon Mabry,...
Miss. Court Reinstates Wrongful Death Case against Cleveland Doctor
Feb 26 2008 // A Cleveland doctor gave up his immunity defense in a wrongful death case after spending five years of a Bolivar County trial court’s time with motions and discovery, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled. The...
