A lawyer says State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has settled a civil lawsuit with a Mississippi couple whose Biloxi home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Jack Denton, attorney for Norman and Genevieve Broussard, said the confidential settlement was reached …
Mississippi’s Jackson State University will install metal detectors in two dormitories and ban visitors to both residential halls as part of new security measures. JSU spokesman Anthony Dean said April 24 that the school enacted the changes to enhance safety, …
An attorney wants sanctions against Mississippi tort lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs over alleged misconduct in a legal battle over millions of dollars in attorneys fees. Investigators have been looking into allegations that Scruggs improperly influenced Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby …
Liberty Mutual Group has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Safeco Corp. for $68.25 per share in cash in a deal that will make Liberty Mutual the fifth largest U.S. property/casualty insurer and second largest surety …
A federal judge on Monday dismissed claims of fraud in a key Hurricane Katrina lawsuit that accused State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. of using different engineering reports to deny a Mississippi couple’s insurance policy after the storm. The ruling …
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Federal Emergency Management Agency officials prepared Monday to tour flooded areas along the Mississippi River to assess the damage. The river crested in Vicksburg on April 19 and was expected to reach its highest point …
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said he will appeal the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of his request for federal disaster assistance in the wake of destructive tornadoes that struck the state’s capitol and Hinds County on April 4. “Having seen …
Scientists say they know far too little about Midwestern seismic zones like the one that rumbled to life under southern Illinois Friday (April 18) morning, but some of what they do know is unnerving. The fault zones beneath the Mississippi …
That little Dutch boy from the flooding fable has nothing on Lee Jones and the crew at J.M. Jones Lumber Co. in Natchez, Miss. Forget fingers. Jones, his sons and their employees have been using 1,000-pound sandbags to plug holes …
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney approved an average 11 percent rate reduction filed by the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association. The reductions vary according to geographic zones and go into effect after June 1. They will apply to new policies and …
