22 The number of Mississippi lawsuits stemming from Hurricane Katrina damage settled by State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. The question was whether State Farm officials denied claims in areas hit by the storm surge without thorough investigations. State Farm …
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 Legislature took $2 million …
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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 of business because of a “lack of liability …
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 policyholders” after Hurricane Katrina. Bloomington, Ill.-based State Farm is suing …
Alabama residents of Lamar and Pickens counties may be eligible for federal assistance resulting from the severe storms and tornadoes that passed through the area on Jan. 10. These counties are eligible because they are contiguous to one or more …
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 illegally influence him in a different case. Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter had …
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 Legislature took $2 million …
Arkansas state government is promoting a new program for workers who want to improve their job security. The state Department of Workforce Services is among several state agencies that are promoting a new certification for workers, the Arkansas Career Readiness …
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 for …
