Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Union Carbide Faces Deadline to File for Asbestos Case Rehearing in Mississippi
Jan 2 2014 // Union Carbide Corporation has until Jan. 27 to file a motion asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to review an unfavorable ruling in an asbestos case. The Supreme Court on Dec. 12 overruled a Smith County judge who threw...
In Rural Mississippi, Recovery Uneven a Year After Tornado
Dec 27 2013 // A year after a strong tornado hit Mississippi’s rural Pearl River County, residents are recovering unevenly. Sue Hubbard’s family has a new metal roof on their new house, thanks in part to insurance payments....
Lawsuit Alleges Mississippi Health Center Negligent in Sexual Abuse
Dec 18 2013 // A woman has filed a federal lawsuit claiming a central Mississippi mental health facility failed to protect her 11-year-old son from being sexually abused by a nurse while he was a patient. The lawsuit says Brentwood...
Mississippi AG Charges 3 with Insurance Fraud
Dec 16 2013 // Three Biloxi residents have been arrested and charged with insurance fraud, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said. Hood’s news release said 47-year-old Rosemary Henderson, 38-year-old Lavon Donnell Cherry and...
Greyhound Bus, Mississippi Accident Victim Reach Settlement
Dec 11 2013 // Court records say Greyhound Bus Lines Inc. and a woman who sued the company over a 2008 accident in south Mississippi have reached a settlement in the case. Megan Clancy sued Greyhound in Jackson County Circuit Court in...
New Storm Shelters Opening in Mississippi County Today
Dec 10 2013 // George County, Miss., will officially open two new storm shelters Tuesday in Agricola and Benndale. The county began the construction of the shelters two years ago. The $3.2 million project was paid for with a Federal...
Judge Orders Mississippi Greyhound Bus Claim Update
Dec 3 2013 // Greyhound Bus Lines Inc. and a woman who sued the company over a 2008 accident in south Mississippi have until Friday to advise the judge of any settlement they reach in the case. Megan Clancy sued Greyhound in Jackson...
Louisiana Joins Lawsuit to Block Flood Insurance Hike
Dec 2 2013 // Louisiana’s Department of Insurance has joined a lawsuit filed by Mississippi against the federal government to try to block rates from increasing Oct. 1 in the National Flood Insurance Program. Commissioner Jim...
FEMA Fights Mississippi Suit Against Flood Insurance Hikes
Dec 2 2013 // The federal government is urging a federal court to dismiss a Mississippi lawsuit seeking to halt flood insurance rate hikes until an affordability study is completed. In arguing for the suit dismissal, the Federal...
Bear Bryant’s Son’s Reinsurance Fortune Helps Power Alabama Football
Nov 26 2013 // The University of Alabama opened a new football-training center last February. Any professional team would be happy to have it. The amenities include a $9 million weight room, a hydrotherapy pool with a Club Med–style...
Mississippi Court Will Hear Electrocution Workers’ Compensation Appeal
Nov 26 2013 // The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a former Ripley alderman who lost both hands after being electrocuted. WTVA-TV in Tupelo reported that Lonnie Smith was working for the Tippah Electric Power...
Mississippi County Lifts Insurance Mandate for Santas
Nov 22 2013 // For this holiday season, DeSoto County school officials are waiving a requirement that Santa Claus have liability and workers’ compensation insurance coverage before he can pay a visit to area campuses. District...
FEMA Seeks Dismissal of Mississippi Suit to Block Flood Insurance Rate Hikes
Nov 20 2013 // The federal government is urging a federal court to dismiss a Mississippi lawsuit seeking to halt flood insurance rate hikes until an affordability study is completed. In arguing for the suit dismissal, the Federal...
Mississippi Firms Want City, Road Contractor Held Liable for Lost Business
Nov 19 2013 // Four businesses on a busy Hattiesburg Street are suing Hattiesburg city government, claiming a street improvement project has cost them customers. The project on Hardy Street began Oct. 30, 2012, according to The...
Mass. AG Files Federal Brief Urging Court Action on Flood Insurance
Nov 18 2013 // In support of a Mississippi lawsuit that alleges the new FEMA flood insurance rates are arbitrary and unlawful, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has filed an amicus brief in federal court arguing that FEMA...
Florida, Alabama Officials Back Mississippi’s Suit Over Flood Insurance
Nov 15 2013 // Florida and Alabama government officials have filed an amicus brief this week supporting the Mississippi insurance department’s lawsuit against the federal government’s National Flood Insurance Program’s...
Tupelo, Mississippi’s New Residents Could Face Double Charges for Fire Services
Nov 13 2013 // City residents annexed by Tupelo, Miss., in 2012 may see two charges for fire protection when they open their tax bills in less than a month. Property owners living in seven of the 17 volunteer fire departments in Lee...
137,800 in Mississippi Fall in Health Insurance ‘Coverage Gap’
Oct 21 2013 // A new study shows 137,800 low-income Mississippians fall into a health insurance “coverage gap.” They’re currently uninsured. They earn too much to enroll in Medicaid but too little to qualify for...
Florida Supports Mississippi Suit Against Flood Insurance Hikes
Oct 16 2013 // Florida officials plan to file a brief in support of Mississippi’s lawsuit against the federal government in an attempt to block flood insurance rate hikes called for under recent reform legislation. Gov. Rick Scott...
Florida’s First Light Program Managers Acquires Frontline Underwriters of Mississippi
Oct 10 2013 // First Light Program Managers of Dania, Florida, said it has acquired substantially all of the assets of wholesale broker Frontline Underwriters Inc. of Madison, Mississippi. Details of the transaction were not...
