Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi City’s Pitbull Ban Faces Court Challenge
Jul 8 2013 // A pet owner has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a central Mississippi city’s ban on pit bull dogs. The city of Richland, a Jackson suburb of about 7,000 residents, passed an ordinance in April 2006 that bans...
Mississippi Online System Aims to Catch Uninsured Drivers
Jul 8 2013 // A contractor projects that a system to instantly verify whether Mississippians have auto insurance would lead to fines of more than $150 million a year being collected over the program’s first three years The...
Many in Mississippi ‘Out of Luck’ as Health Insurers Shun Exchange
Jun 25 2013 // People in 36 of Mississippi’s 82 counties may not be able to buy health insurance through the new federal online marketplace when it starts enrolling customers in October. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said two...
Federal Judge Criticizes But Upholds Mississippi Damages Cap
Jun 24 2013 // A federal judge has upheld Mississippi’s cap of $500,000 on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. The ruling came in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman and her unborn baby who died...
Mississippi Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud, Ordered to Repay Nationwide
Jun 18 2013 // A 35-year-old D’Iberville, Mississippi, man has been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay over $6,000 to Nationwide Insurance Co. for defrauding the company on medical bills involving claims on two auto...
Small Health Insurers Assuming Big Role In Many States Under Obamacare
Jun 14 2013 // When the state of Mississippi begins offering subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s reform law this year, residents will have only one choice – Magnolia Health Plan – a small insurer...
Small Towns in Missouri Prepare as Flood Moves South
Jun 5 2013 // Volunteers were busy stacking sandbags in the tiny Missouri town of Dutchtown on June 3 as the rain-swollen Mississippi River threatened to send water into about a third of the town’s homes and make another nearby...
Mississippi County’s Firefighters Running Out of Money
Jun 3 2013 // Fire trucks and other firefighting equipment cost a lot of money, and prices are rising, so Warren County, Mississippi volunteer districts are looking to possibly seek an increase in property taxes. “We’re...
Mississippi Court Throws Out $700K Judgment Over Police Chase
May 31 2013 // The state Court of Appeals has thrown out a $700,000 judgment against the city of Jackson involving an accident during a police chase in 2001 in which two women were injured and a third killed. The Court of Appeals ruled...
Mississippi Homeowners Renew Lawsuit Against Exxon Over Alligators
May 31 2013 // Tom Christmas and his wife argue that they didn’t discover the 84-plus alligators on land next to their homestead until four years after they bought the property in southwest Mississippi. ExxonMobil Corp. counters...
Mississippi Insurance Chief Chaney Worried About Uninsureds
May 30 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says he fears some people won’t be able to get health insurance when enrollment under the federal law opens in October. The Affordable Care Act was designed to provide...
Wholesale Broker Sloan Mason Opens Mississippi Office
May 29 2013 // Sloan Mason, a San Diego, Calif.-based wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency, has opened a new office in Jackson, Mississippi. The company specializes in energy, environmental and marine business. Trey...
Mississippi Man Run Over by Lawnmower Sues Manufacturer
May 29 2013 // A lawsuit in Mississippi says a man was seriously injured after he was attacked by a swarm of yellow jackets, jumped off his riding lawnmower and was run over by the machine. Everardo Garfias claims a cut-off switch should...
Judge Allows Mississippi Liability Suit Over Underage Drinker to Proceed
May 28 2013 // A federal judge won’t dismiss a lawsuit that argues the city of West Point, Mississippi and a local nightclub are liable for injuries to an underage driver, who authorities say was driving while intoxicated after...
Guest Workers in Mississippi Sue Company, Claim Exploitation
May 24 2013 // Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing a U.S.-based marine and fabrication company, saying it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards...
Costs Outpace Resources for Volunteer Firefighters in Mississippi
May 22 2013 // Fire trucks and other firefighting equipment cost a lot of money, and prices are rising, so Warren County volunteer districts are looking to possibly seek an increase in property taxes. “We’re getting squeezed...
Court Nixes Mississippi Property Owners’ Greenhouse Gases Damages Suit
May 20 2013 // A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and landowners who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, which...
State Farm Appeals Katrina Fraud Ruling in Mississippi
May 20 2013 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is asking a judge to void a jury’s finding that the company defrauded the government in a case involving a policyholder claim after Hurricane Katrina. The verdict came in April in a...
Mississippi High School Suffered $7M in Tornado Damage
May 15 2013 // Lamar County (Mississippi) School District officials said a Feb. 10 tornado caused $7 million in damage to Oak Grove High and its baseball and football facilities. The Hattiesburg-American reported that the district has a...
State Farm Appeals Katrina Fraud Ruling in Mississippi
May 13 2013 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is asking a judge to void a jury’s finding that the company defrauded the government involving a policyholder claim after Hurricane Katrina. Motions filed in U.S. District Court in...
