All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 17 2014 // Three Mississippi businessmen argue in a federal lawsuit that Texas attorneys owe them $7.9 million for steering to them thousands of people seeking to resolve claims against BP from the 2010 Gulf oil spill.Gulf Coast...
Oct 12 2014 // The mother of a 24-year-old Mississippi man who died in 2012 during a machinery incident at Omega Protein plant in Moss Point will appeal the dismissal of her wrongful death lawsuit against the company.The suit was filed...
Oct 10 2014 // The Mississippi Insurance Department announced that certain property/casualty rate and form filings are now available online for public review through a new search tool implemented by the department.The department said the...
Oct 9 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from operators of a northwest Mississippi shooting range in a case involving the death of a Navy SEAL during a training exercise.The Supreme Court denied the petition of...
Oct 6 2014 // The parties in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Mississippi cap on how much juries can award in non-economic damages say they have settled the case.Oral arguments had been set for Sept. 26 in Jackson before...
Oct 6 2014 // Large businesses and government agencies have been getting a big break on premiums in Mississippi’s coastal insurer of last resort, but that’s coming to an end.Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association...
Oct 1 2014 // Changes in Mississippi’s DUI law that are due go into effect on Wednesday are getting mixed reviews from some in the judicial system.The Mississippi Legislature drafted the new laws in 2013, with the stipulation that...
Sep 30 2014 // Columbus Police Chief Tony Carleton has rewritten the department’s pursuit policy to allow shift supervisors to decide if officers are to chase a suspect if he flees.Previously, officers were instructed not to chase...
Sep 25 2014 // The parties in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a legislatively imposed cap on how much juries can award in non-economic damages say they have settled the case.Oral arguments had been set for Wednesday in...
Sep 24 2014 // The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety has recognized three South Mississippi home builders for building homes that are more disaster-resistant.IBHS also recognized three homes in south Alabama. In January,...
Sep 24 2014 // Mississippi’s Court of Appeals says the state Board of Medical Licensure can discipline a radiologist for making what a federal judge found to be thousands of “manufactured” lung disease diagnoses.The...
Sep 23 2014 // Mississippi Gulf Coast law enforcement officials and prosecutors say they’re increasing efforts to get drunken drivers off the roads to improve public safety.District Attorneys Tony Lawrence and Joel Smith announced...
Sep 22 2014 // The Mississippi Supreme Court is being asked to overturn a state judge’s ruling that a legislatively imposed cap on how much juries can award in non-economic damages is unconstitutional.Circuit Judge Charles Webster...
Sep 16 2014 // Large businesses and government agencies have been getting a big break on premiums in Mississippi’s coastal insurer of last resort, but it’s coming to an end.Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association...
Sep 12 2014 // Tupelo, Mississippi officials say they’re deciding whether to require demolition of buildings damaged by the April 28 tornado on a case-by-case basis.Last week, the City Council ordered the owner of the Comfort...
Sep 9 2014 // The Mississippi Supreme Court is being asked to overturn a state judge’s ruling that a legislatively imposed cap on how much juries can award in non-economic damages is unconstitutional.Circuit Judge Charles Webster...
Aug 27 2014 // A fatal explosion at a fish processing plant on the Mississippi Coast happened when sparks ignited a volatile mixture in a tank, safety officials said this week.U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso said...
Aug 14 2014 // Data from a federal study shows more people died in alcohol-related crashes in coastal Harrison and Jackson counties than most other counties in Mississippi from 2008 to 2012.Harrison County ranked second behind Hinds...
Aug 8 2014 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney has promoted Deputy Fire Coordinator Brad Smith to the position of state fire coordinator. The state fire coordinator works with volunteer and career...
Aug 7 2014 // Mississippi’s Adams County won’t have building codes.The Natchez Democrat reported that the Board of Supervisors voted to opt out of a zoning ordinance the state legislature had instructed counties to adopt....