Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi: Insurer Wants Sisters to Pay for Providing Katrina Claims Records to Scruggs
Apr 10 2008 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. wants a federal judge to sanction two sisters who secretly copied Hurricane Katrina claims documents and gave them to a Mississippi lawyer whose clients were suing the company. Cori and...
Mississippi River Traffic Limited after 2 Accidents at Old Vicksburg Bridge
Apr 9 2008 // Towboats in single file slowly negotiated their line of barges past a Mississippi River bridge in Vicksburg Monday, a safety measure ordered after weekend accidents scattered barges in the swift current of the swollen...
Court Says Policy Excluded Mississippi Official’s Leak To Media
Apr 7 2008 // A federal appeals court has found that business exclusions in Allstate Insurance Co.s policies held by former Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics director Frank Melton meant the insurer was not bound to provide coverage for,...
Mississippi Katrina Litigator Scruggs asks Court to Dismiss Bar Complaint
Apr 3 2008 // Mississippi plaintiffs’ attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to dismiss a petition that seeks to take his license to practice. Scruggs filed his motion on March 28, 10...
Appeals Court: Insurance Policy Excluded Mississippi Official’s Actions
Mar 31 2008 // A federal appeals court has found that business exclusions in Allstate Insurance Company’s policies held by former Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics director Frank Melton meant the insurer was not bound to provide...
2,000 Katrina-Affected Mississippi Families Move from Trailers to Cottages
Mar 31 2008 // Thousands of Mississippians who lost their homes during Hurricane Katrina have moved out of federally-provided travel trailers and mobile homes and into Mississippi Cottages, according to Gov. Haley Barbour The 2,000th...
Mississippi High Court Suspends Judge Involved in Scruggs Case
Mar 31 2008 // The Mississippi Supreme Court suspended a prominent judge last week who is being investigated for his role in a dispute over fees involving attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. The court sided with the...
Flooding in Mississippi Affects Wildlife, Creates Driving Hazard
Mar 28 2008 // Authorities say drivers should use extra caution as the rising Mississippi River forces deer and other wildlife to seek higher ground. Many of the deer, opossums and armadillos could cross roads and create safety hazards...
Flooding Continues in Arkansas
Mar 26 2008 // Forecasters issued flash-flood warnings for parts of Arkansas’ prairie as the state’s largest water surge in a quarter-century continued its way downstream. Swollen by last week’s storms that devastated...
Mississippi Officials Say Flooding Conditions Ripe
Mar 25 2008 // Authorities are concerned flooding could become a problem in the coming weeks as the Mississippi River neared flood stage in Natchez, Miss., Sunday. Flood stage near Natchez is 48 feet above gauge zero. At 47 feet, water...
$200M Set Aside for Post-Katrina Coastal Recovery in Mississippi
Mar 25 2008 // Federal legislators joined Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour last week to announce that $200 million in federal funds is set aside for major recovery projects in Hancock County – ground zero for the destructive force of...
Famed Miss. Trial Attorney Scruggs Pleads Guilty to Trying to Bribe Judge
Mar 24 2008 // Star of cases against insurance, tobacco and asbestos industries faces prison, fines and loss of lawyer’s license Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs used a mix of bare-knuckle tactics and...
Mississippi Official Says Collapsed Trench Lacked Safety Devices
Mar 24 2008 // The Forrest County, Miss., coroner says no required safety devices were being used in a collapsed trench that killed three workers at the Hattiesburg-Forrest County Industrial Park. U.S. Occupational Safety and Health...
Mississippi Bar Asks Supreme Court to Pull Scruggs’s Law License
Mar 20 2008 // The Mississippi State Bar has filed a petition to disbar Oxford attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. The petition was filed Tuesday with the Mississippi Supreme Court, which decides such matters. A similar...
Former Mississippi Attorney General to Help Defend Zach Scruggs
Mar 19 2008 // Former Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore notified court officials that he is helping defend Richard “Dickie” Scruggs’ son and law partner, Zach, against judicial bribery charges. As attorney...
Mississippi Also Affected by Weekend Storms, Business Destroyed
Mar 19 2008 // High winds destroyed a home and a business in Mississippi’s Prentiss County March 14 and caused major damage to two other structures. A Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman said March 15 that it’s...
Update: Mississippi Senate Sends Gov. Bill to Give $25M to Wind Pool
Mar 18 2008 // The Mississippi Senate sent Gov, Haley Barbour a bill last week to transfer $25 million into a fund that assists the state wind pool. The wind pool has about 36,000 policies. Most are held by homeowners in six south...
Judicial Bribery Fallout Reveals Mississippi Manslaughter Case Implications
Mar 18 2008 // Katie South knew something wasn’t right. Her husband, Joe, has been dead for almost three years. The man charged with his death will go on trial Monday in Holly Springs after a judge this week declined to approve...
Miss.: Scruggs Pleads Guilty to Trying to Bribe a Judge
Mar 17 2008 // Mississippi attorney, Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, used a mix of bare-knuckle tactics and country-lawyer charm to extract billion-dollar settlements from cigarette makers, asbestos companies and other big...
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