Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Disappointed Miss. Couple Unlikely to Appeal Low Katrina Award
Feb 10 2008 // A Mississippi couple whose lawsuit over Hurricane Katrina damage to their home ended with a jury verdict that favored the insurance company said they have no plans to file an appeal in the case. An eight-member jury...
Miss. Gov. Declares State of Emergency on Heels of Severe Weather
Feb 8 2008 // Gov. Haley Barbour declared a State of Emergency Wednesday following the tornadoes and severe weather that struck parts of North Mississippi, including Alcorn, DeSoto, and Lafayette Counties. Barbour is requesting...
Insurer sues Miss. Coast School District in Wind Versus Water Case
Feb 8 2008 // An insurance company is suing the Bay St. Louis-Waveland, Miss., School District over wind versus water damage related to Hurricane Katrina. Cathedral Capital Limited has asked a federal judge to determine what is its...
Mississippi’s BancorpSouth Acquires Texas Insurance Company
Feb 6 2008 // Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of BancorpSouth Bank, said Monday it has signed a deal to buy JMG/IC Insurance Agency Inc., of Nacogdoches, Texas. Terms of the deal were not...
Court Records: Miss. Lawyer to Take 5th in State Farm Suit
Feb 1 2008 // Plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, facing corruption and contempt charges in unrelated cases, will invoke the Fifth Amendment if forced to testify in a federal lawsuit involving Mississippi’s...
Miss. Couple Weighs Appeal in Katrina Case after Verdict Favors Insurer
Jan 31 2008 // A Mississippi homeowner whose lawsuit over Hurricane Katrina damage ended with a jury verdict that favored his insurance company said Tuesday he has no plans to file an appeal in the case. On Monday, an eight-member jury...
High Winds Cause Minor Damage, Injure at Least 1 in Mississippi
Jan 31 2008 // High winds buffeted Mississippi as a storm system passed through Tuesday, injuring a Jones County resident and causing damage and power outages statewide. The extent of the Jones County victims’ injuries was unclear...
Mississippi Jury’s Verdict in Katrina Case Favors Insurance Company
Jan 30 2008 // A federal judge refused to let Mississippi jurors consider punitive damages against an insurance company after they handed down a verdict Monday that favored the insurer in a dispute with policyholders over Hurricane...
Mississippi Commissioner: Coastal Insurance Rates to Increase
Jan 30 2008 // The state’s new insurance commissioner says Mississippi Gulf Coast residents can expect an insurance rate increase this year. Commissioner Mike Chaney spoke Monday at the opening of the Insurance Department’s...
Mississippi Commissioner Opens Insurance Department Office on Coast
Jan 29 2008 // In an effort to make the Mississippi Insurance Department more accessible to the state’s coastal residents, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney opened the department’s new office in Gulfport,...
Ambulance Co. Loses Insurance, 23 Miss. Counties in State of Emergency
Jan 28 2008 // Mississippi health officials hoped to come with a plan last week to restore ambulance service in 23 counties left hanging when Alabama-based Emergystat shut down. Emergystat, based in Vernon, Ala., notified Mississippi...
Judge: Miss. Attorney General Must Testify in State Farm Lawsuit
Jan 28 2008 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood must testify in a lawsuit filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. that accuses him of violating an agreement to end a criminal investigation of the insurer’s handling of...
Mississippi Official Says Criminal Probe of State Farm has New Focus
Jan 25 2008 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says his office opened a new criminal investigation of State Farm Insurance Cos. that is separate from its earlier probe of the insurer’s “crimes against...
Miss. Ambulance Co. Goes Out of Business, 23 Counties Affected
Jan 25 2008 // Twenty-three Mississippi counties are without regular ambulance service after the only company that provided them coverage went out of business at midnight Thursday. The state Department of Health said Emergystat went out...
Miss. Judge Removes Himself from Cases Amid Federal Probe
Jan 21 2008 // A Mississippi judge says he disqualified himself from hearing several lawsuits because federal authorities were investigating allegations that powerful plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs tried to...
Appeals Court Rules for Miss. Lawmakers in Raid on Insurance Fund
Jan 18 2008 // The Mississippi Legislature had authority to raid an insurance fund in 2004 to balance the state budget, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The Mississippi Surplus Lines Association sued the state after the...
Miss. Shooting Victim Awarded $4.5M, Nationwide Insurance not Liable
Jan 17 2008 // A Madison County, Miss., jury awarded $4.5 million to a woman who was shot in the arm after an accident at a fast food restaurant in Ridgeland, Miss. The jury on Tuesday found Vicksburg attorney Thomas Randy Clark liable...
Former Miss. Insurance Commissioner Joins Adams and Reese
Jan 16 2008 // Former eight-term Insurance Commissioner of Mississippi, George Dale, joined Adams and Reese LLP as a Senior Governmental Affairs Advisor (non-lawyer) and a member of the Governmental Relations. Adams and Reese Managing...
Miss. Insurance Commissioner Working on Lowering Wind Pool Rates
Jan 14 2008 // Mississippi’s new Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says he is working with lawmakers and state wind pool officials to lower rates that increased 90 percent for homeowners and 162 percent for businesses after...
Low Salaries Leave Miss. Towns Short of Firefighting Personnel
Jan 13 2008 // Some fire departments in south Mississippi are struggling to fill vacancies as firefighters leave for better paying jobs. Officials in Petal, Miss., are trying to recruit qualified people to work in the physically...
