BP Oil Spill Claims Fund Alters Some Payment Rules February 22, 2011 By Holbrook Mohr The administrator of BP’s $20 billion Gulf oil spill fund announced new rules on how final payments will be determined...
Family of Mississippi Inmate Who Died Sues Town, Private Prison Firm November 5, 2010 By Holbrook Mohr The family of an inmate who died in prison is suing the town of Walnut Grove and a private corrections...
Store Shooting Case Tests Mississippi Cap on Civil Damages December 21, 2009 By Holbrook Mohr Before Mississippi lawmakers passed tort reform that limited damages in civil litigation, Ronnie Lee Lymas’ lawsuit against the store where...
Actor Freeman Settles Mississippi Auto Accident Suit November 9, 2009 By Holbrook Mohr Actor Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger,...
Mississippi AG Hood Fights to Keep State Farm Deal Secret May 18, 2009 By Holbrook Mohr Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has asked a court to block renewed efforts to make public a settlement agreement between...
Katrina Fraud Allegations Against Mississippi Mayor Detailed May 1, 2009 By Holbrook Mohr Gulfport, Mississippi Mayor Brent Warr, the highest-ranking public official charged with Hurricane Katrina fraud, made numerous false statements about the...
Scruggs to Appear in Court Next Week February 9, 2009 By Holbrook Mohr Disbarred attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, who is serving a five-year prison sentence in a high profile judicial bribery conspiracy, is...
Former Mississippi Sen. Lott Implicated in Lawsuit Against Scruggs January 15, 2009 By Holbrook Mohr An Alabama attorney has filed a federal lawsuit against imprisoned attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and several others, alleging they conspired...
Mississippi High Court Upholds Verdict in Hospice Death October 27, 2008 By Holbrook Mohr The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld a multimillion dollar verdict in the case of a 66-year-old woman allegedly misdiagnosed with cancer...
Judge Dismisses Portions of Katrina Lawsuit in Mississippi September 10, 2008 By Holbrook Mohr A Mississippi couple who accused their insurance company of using fraudulent Hurricane Katrina damage reports to keep from paying claims...