Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi Damages Cap Case Bypasses Supreme Court
Oct 6 2014 // The parties in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Mississippi cap on how much juries can award in non-economic damages say they have settled the case. Oral arguments had been set for Sept. 26 in Jackson...
Mississippi Wind Pool Ends Price Break for Large Accounts
Oct 6 2014 // Large businesses and government agencies have been getting a big break on premiums in Mississippi’s coastal insurer of last resort, but that’s coming to an end. Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association...
Mississippi’s New DUI Law Goes Into Effect With Mixed Reaction
Oct 1 2014 // Changes in Mississippi’s DUI law that are due go into effect on Wednesday are getting mixed reviews from some in the judicial system. The Mississippi Legislature drafted the new laws in 2013, with the stipulation...
Mississippi Police Departments Revise Policies on Suspect Chases
Sep 30 2014 // Columbus Police Chief Tony Carleton has rewritten the department’s pursuit policy to allow shift supervisors to decide if officers are to chase a suspect if he flees. Previously, officers were instructed not to chase...
Settlement in Mississippi Damages Cap Case Avoids Supreme Court Test
Sep 25 2014 // The parties in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a legislatively imposed cap on how much juries can award in non-economic damages say they have settled the case. Oral arguments had been set for Wednesday in...
Mississippi, Alabama Homes Recognized As Storm Fortified
Sep 24 2014 // The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety has recognized three South Mississippi home builders for building homes that are more disaster-resistant. IBHS also recognized three homes in south Alabama. In January,...
Court Upholds Mississippi Board’s Right to Discipline Silicosis Doctor
Sep 24 2014 // Mississippi’s Court of Appeals says the state Board of Medical Licensure can discipline a radiologist for making what a federal judge found to be thousands of “manufactured” lung disease diagnoses. The...
Mississippi District Attorneys Create Coastal DUI Task Force
Sep 23 2014 // Mississippi Gulf Coast law enforcement officials and prosecutors say they’re increasing efforts to get drunken drivers off the roads to improve public safety. District Attorneys Tony Lawrence and Joel Smith announced...
Mississippi Supreme Court to Decide If Damages Cap Is Constitutional
Sep 22 2014 // The Mississippi Supreme Court is being asked to overturn a state judge’s ruling that a legislatively imposed cap on how much juries can award in non-economic damages is unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Charles Webster...
Mississippi Wind Pool Ending Rate Break for Large Firms
Sep 16 2014 // Large businesses and government agencies have been getting a big break on premiums in Mississippi’s coastal insurer of last resort, but it’s coming to an end. Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association...
Post-Tornado Teardowns Continue in Mississippi City
Sep 12 2014 // Tupelo, Mississippi officials say they’re deciding whether to require demolition of buildings damaged by the April 28 tornado on a case-by-case basis. Last week, the City Council ordered the owner of the Comfort...
Mississippi Supreme Court to Decide If Damages Cap Is Constitutional
Sep 9 2014 // The Mississippi Supreme Court is being asked to overturn a state judge’s ruling that a legislatively imposed cap on how much juries can award in non-economic damages is unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Charles Webster...
‘Hot Work’ Near Tank Cited in Report on Mississippi Fish Plant Explosion
Aug 27 2014 // A fatal explosion at a fish processing plant on the Mississippi Coast happened when sparks ignited a volatile mixture in a tank, safety officials said this week. U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso said...
Study Finds Alcohol-Related Fatal Crashes High in Coastal Mississippi
Aug 14 2014 // Data from a federal study shows more people died in alcohol-related crashes in coastal Harrison and Jackson counties than most other counties in Mississippi from 2008 to 2012. Harrison County ranked second behind Hinds...
Smith Promoted to Mississippi Fire Coordinator
Aug 8 2014 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney has promoted Deputy Fire Coordinator Brad Smith to the position of state fire coordinator. The state fire coordinator works with volunteer and career...
Mississippi County Rejects Building Code
Aug 7 2014 // Mississippi’s Adams County won’t have building codes. The Natchez Democrat reported that the Board of Supervisors voted to opt out of a zoning ordinance the state legislature had instructed counties to...
Mississippi City Eyes Ice Cream Truck Regulations
Aug 6 2014 // Aldermen in Ocean Springs, Mississippi are considering writing laws to regulate ice cream trucks. Officials told The Sun Herald that a mother recently watched her child, along with the others, leave a birthday party in a...
Mississippi Police Officer to Appeal Over Facebook Firing
Aug 4 2014 // A former Greenville, Mississippi police officer wants a federal appeals court to reinstate her wrongful firing lawsuit against city. Oral arguments are Sept 3 before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New...
Mississippi Fish Plant Explosion Kills 1, Injures 3
Jul 30 2014 // One person has been killed and three others were injured in an explosion Monday at a fish processing plant in Moss Point on the Mississippi coast. Omega Protein spokesman Ben Landry said the incident occurred about 9:30...
Court Rules Mississippi Casino Not Liable for Death of Drunk Patron
Jul 23 2014 // A federal appeals court has declined to allow the family of Bryan Lee Glenn to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges a Biloxi, Mississippi, casino kept serving drinks to the man while he was drunk. Glenn, 30,...
