Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Miss. A.G. Withheld State Farm Settlement Money Pledged to Charities
Feb 25 2008 // The Mississippi attorney general’s office says it plans to pay $1 million in settlement money that was pledged to charities nearly a year ago after a deal was struck with State Farm Fire and Casualty Cos. Boys and...
Miss. Insurance Commissioner Race Money Difficult to Trace
Feb 24 2008 // Republican Mike Chaney said he spent around $1 million to win the Mississippi insurance commissioner’s race in 2007. “It’s obscene to spend that much money on an election for a job that pays less than...
Judge Declines Indictment Dismissal of Miss. Attorney in Bribery Case
Feb 22 2008 // A federal judge on Wednesday in Mississippi declined to dismiss an indictment in a judicial bribery case against powerful attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and two others. Scruggs, his son Zach and law partner...
E-mail May Scuttle Truce Between State Farm, Miss. Attorney General
Feb 21 2008 // With the press of a button, a lawyer for the nation’s largest insurance company may have ended a brief truce in its bitter dispute with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. In an e-mail mistakenly sent to reporters...
Katrina Lawyer Scruggs Faces Hearings in Miss. Judicial Bribery Case
Feb 21 2008 // A motions hearing took place this week in the highest profile judicial bribery trial in Mississippi in years. Famed plaintiffs lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, his son Zach, and an associate are accused of...
Aegis Insurance Co. Resumes Writing New Business In Mississippi
Feb 21 2008 // In a move he sees as another sign of a stabilizing insurance market, Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney announced Wednesday that Aegis Security Insurance Co., will resume writing new manufactured housing and...
Fire Destroys Large Part of Mississippi Furniture Plant
Feb 15 2008 // Tired firefighters worked Wednesday to eliminate hot spots after portions of the sprawling American Furniture Manufacturing plant in Mississippi’s Pontotoc County were destroyed by a major blaze. The 1.2...
Miss. Attorney Asks Judge to Dismiss Katrina-Related Contempt Case
Feb 11 2008 // Attorneys for Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal contempt charges that he ignored a court order to turn over documents about insurance claims after Hurricane...
Mississippi Insurance Department Opens Office on Coast
Feb 10 2008 // In an effort to make the Mississippi Insurance Department more accessible to the state’s coastal residents, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney opened the department’s new office in Gulfport,...
Disappointed Miss. Couple Unlikely to Appeal Low Katrina Award
Feb 10 2008 // A Mississippi couple whose lawsuit over Hurricane Katrina damage to their home ended with a jury verdict that favored the insurance company said they have no plans to file an appeal in the case. An eight-member jury...
Miss. Gov. Declares State of Emergency on Heels of Severe Weather
Feb 8 2008 // Gov. Haley Barbour declared a State of Emergency Wednesday following the tornadoes and severe weather that struck parts of North Mississippi, including Alcorn, DeSoto, and Lafayette Counties. Barbour is requesting...
Insurer sues Miss. Coast School District in Wind Versus Water Case
Feb 8 2008 // An insurance company is suing the Bay St. Louis-Waveland, Miss., School District over wind versus water damage related to Hurricane Katrina. Cathedral Capital Limited has asked a federal judge to determine what is its...
Mississippi’s BancorpSouth Acquires Texas Insurance Company
Feb 6 2008 // Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of BancorpSouth Bank, said Monday it has signed a deal to buy JMG/IC Insurance Agency Inc., of Nacogdoches, Texas. Terms of the deal were not...
Court Records: Miss. Lawyer to Take 5th in State Farm Suit
Feb 1 2008 // Plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, facing corruption and contempt charges in unrelated cases, will invoke the Fifth Amendment if forced to testify in a federal lawsuit involving Mississippi’s...
Miss. Couple Weighs Appeal in Katrina Case after Verdict Favors Insurer
Jan 31 2008 // A Mississippi homeowner whose lawsuit over Hurricane Katrina damage ended with a jury verdict that favored his insurance company said Tuesday he has no plans to file an appeal in the case. On Monday, an eight-member jury...
High Winds Cause Minor Damage, Injure at Least 1 in Mississippi
Jan 31 2008 // High winds buffeted Mississippi as a storm system passed through Tuesday, injuring a Jones County resident and causing damage and power outages statewide. The extent of the Jones County victims’ injuries was unclear...
Mississippi Jury’s Verdict in Katrina Case Favors Insurance Company
Jan 30 2008 // A federal judge refused to let Mississippi jurors consider punitive damages against an insurance company after they handed down a verdict Monday that favored the insurer in a dispute with policyholders over Hurricane...
Mississippi Commissioner: Coastal Insurance Rates to Increase
Jan 30 2008 // The state’s new insurance commissioner says Mississippi Gulf Coast residents can expect an insurance rate increase this year. Commissioner Mike Chaney spoke Monday at the opening of the Insurance Department’s...
Mississippi Commissioner Opens Insurance Department Office on Coast
Jan 29 2008 // In an effort to make the Mississippi Insurance Department more accessible to the state’s coastal residents, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney opened the department’s new office in Gulfport,...
Ambulance Co. Loses Insurance, 23 Miss. Counties in State of Emergency
Jan 28 2008 // Mississippi health officials hoped to come with a plan last week to restore ambulance service in 23 counties left hanging when Alabama-based Emergystat shut down. Emergystat, based in Vernon, Ala., notified Mississippi...
