Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Near-Hurricane Strength Isaac Takes Aim at New Orleans
Aug 28 2012 // Tropical Storm Isaac was near hurricane force as it bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and was expected to make landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after it was devastated by Hurricane...
Mississippi High Court Declines to Rule on State’s Damages Cap
Aug 27 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court says it does not have enough information to decide whether the state’s limit on non-economic damages — as applied to a federal lawsuit — is constitutional. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court...
Update: Isaac Menaces Gulf States; Forces Evacuations, Closings; Serious Flooding Feared
Aug 27 2012 // Tropical Storm Isaac closed in on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast on Monday, triggering some mandatory evacuation orders and disrupting U.S. offshore oil production as it threatened to make landfall between Florida and...
Mississippi Supreme Court Orders Trial in Car-Horse Accident
Aug 23 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has order a trial in a lawsuit over a George County accident involving a car and a horse. The personal-injury case involved a 2008 automobile collision between Diana Ladnier and Diego, a horse...
Mississippi Supreme Court Orders Damages Recalculation in Police Chase Case
Aug 22 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has let stand a ruling that a Hinds County judge erred in determining how the much the city of Jackson was liable in a case involving a police chase. Last December, the state Court of Appeals...
Mississippi Woman Alleged to Be Habitual ‘Slip and Fall’ Claimant
Aug 21 2012 // A Southaven, Mississippi woman has been arrested for fraud and charged as a habitual offender. Authorities accuse her of faking a fall at the Ramada Inn in Horn Lake to collect insurance money. The Mississippi attorney...
Mississippi Man Charged with Oil Spill Claims Fraud
Aug 20 2012 // A Columbia, Mississippi man is under federal indictment for allegedly filing $10,000 worth of false claims for Deepwater Horizon oil spill relief funding. The Clarion-Ledger reported that Jermaine Ball has been charged...
FEMA Buys Last Single-Family Home in Mississippi County
Aug 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 20, 2012. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Mississippi Sees Drop in Drunk Driving Deaths
Aug 17 2012 // Mississippi no longer ranks among the top 10 states for deaths caused by drunk drivers, thanks to a big drop in alcohol-related traffic fatalities in 2010. Gov. Phil Bryant and law enforcement officials announced this week...
Jury Sides with Man in Claims Against Mississippi Police Officers
Aug 13 2012 // A federal jury has awarded a Madison resident more than $93,000 in a lawsuit against three city police officers for excessive force and for violating his constitutional rights. The Clarion-Ledger reported that the verdict...
Mississippi Law Calling for Hurricane Mitigation Credits Takes Effect
Aug 6 2012 // Mississippi residents along the state’s coastline who are building new homes or chose to strengthen their current homes against hurricane damage can now qualify for premium credits from their property insurer. Under...
Medical Students Sue Mississippi College, Allege Inadequate Training
Jul 26 2012 // A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of seven women accuses Virginia College’s Jackson branch of fraud, breach of contract and negligence in its medical assistants program. The lawsuit was filed last week in U.S....
Court Reinstates Wrongful Termination Claim Against Mississippi Utility
Jul 18 2012 // A federal appeals court has reinstated Keri M. Towns’ wrongful termination case against Northeast Mississippi Electric Power Association. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported that the 5th U.S. Circuit...
Plan for Mississippi Health Exchange Ready for After Election: Chaney
Jul 17 2012 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said work has been completed on a plan for an online marketplace for Mississippians to shop for insurance policies and nothing more needs to be done for now. Chaney spokesman...
New Law on BP Oil Spill Promises States More in Restoration Monies
Jul 16 2012 // U.S. Gulf Coast states have a higher stake in the amount of money the U.S. government can wring out of BP Plc for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill due to a new law that would divert billions of dollars in potential BP...
Mississippi Insurance Chief to Build Health Exchange Despite Critics
Jul 13 2012 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said he’s going to continue with plans for a state-run insurance exchange, despite opposition from some in the Tea Party. More than 30 Tea Party members attended a...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Promotes Causey, Browning
Jul 11 2012 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney announced the promotions of two members of Mississippi Insurance Department personnel to key senior staff positions. Kimberly Gilmer Causey has been promoted to the...
Policy Counts for States’ Property Insurers of Last Resort Grew 17% in 2011: III
Jul 10 2012 // A record-high 3.31 million residential and commercial policies were offered through state-run property insurers of last resort in the United States in 2011, a 17 percent increase over the previous record of 2.84 million in...
Mississippi Court Throws Out Jury Award Over Supermarket Beating
Jul 3 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has thrown out a $2.5 million judgment for a Jackson woman who lost sight in one eye when purse-snatchers beat her in a supermarket parking lot. A Hinds County jury in 2009 found The Kroger...
Mississippi Man Jailed for Insurance Fraud
Jun 21 2012 // A 31-year-old Jones County, Miss., man is jailed on an insurance fraud charge. The state attorney general’s office told the Hattiesburg American, Terrell McAndrews of Heidelberg has been indicted and arrested on one...
