All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 24 2013 // A federal judge has upheld Mississippi’s cap of $500,000 on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases.The ruling came in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman and her unborn baby who died...
Jun 18 2013 // A 35-year-old D’Iberville, Mississippi, man has been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay over $6,000 to Nationwide Insurance Co. for defrauding the company on medical bills involving claims on two auto...
Jun 14 2013 // When the state of Mississippi begins offering subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s reform law this year, residents will have only one choice – Magnolia Health Plan – a small insurer...
Jun 5 2013 // Volunteers were busy stacking sandbags in the tiny Missouri town of Dutchtown on June 3 as the rain-swollen Mississippi River threatened to send water into about a third of the town’s homes and make another nearby...
Jun 3 2013 // Fire trucks and other firefighting equipment cost a lot of money, and prices are rising, so Warren County, Mississippi volunteer districts are looking to possibly seek an increase in property taxes.“We’re...
May 31 2013 // The state Court of Appeals has thrown out a $700,000 judgment against the city of Jackson involving an accident during a police chase in 2001 in which two women were injured and a third killed.The Court of Appeals ruled...
May 31 2013 // Tom Christmas and his wife argue that they didn’t discover the 84-plus alligators on land next to their homestead until four years after they bought the property in southwest Mississippi.ExxonMobil Corp. counters...
May 30 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says he fears some people won’t be able to get health insurance when enrollment under the federal law opens in October.The Affordable Care Act was designed to provide...
May 29 2013 // Sloan Mason, a San Diego, Calif.-based wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency, has opened a new office in Jackson, Mississippi. The company specializes in energy, environmental and marine business. Trey...
May 29 2013 // A lawsuit in Mississippi says a man was seriously injured after he was attacked by a swarm of yellow jackets, jumped off his riding lawnmower and was run over by the machine.Everardo Garfias claims a cut-off switch should...
May 28 2013 // A federal judge won’t dismiss a lawsuit that argues the city of West Point, Mississippi and a local nightclub are liable for injuries to an underage driver, who authorities say was driving while intoxicated after...
May 24 2013 // Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing a U.S.-based marine and fabrication company, saying it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast shipyards...
May 22 2013 // Fire trucks and other firefighting equipment cost a lot of money, and prices are rising, so Warren County volunteer districts are looking to possibly seek an increase in property taxes.“We’re getting squeezed...
May 20 2013 // A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and landowners who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, which...
May 20 2013 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is asking a judge to void a jury’s finding that the company defrauded the government in a case involving a policyholder claim after Hurricane Katrina.The verdict came in April in a...
May 15 2013 // Lamar County (Mississippi) School District officials said a Feb. 10 tornado caused $7 million in damage to Oak Grove High and its baseball and football facilities.The Hattiesburg-American reported that the district has a...
May 13 2013 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. is asking a judge to void a jury’s finding that the company defrauded the government involving a policyholder claim after Hurricane Katrina.Motions filed in U.S. District Court in...
May 13 2013 // The family of a student killed or injured while boarding or exiting a school bus in Mississippi can now qualify to receive money from the state Crime Victim Compensation Fund.House Bill 710 expands the eligibility for the...
May 10 2013 // The Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy in Pearl isn’t the most aesthetically appealing place to train officers these days, its director, Pat Cronin, concedes.The March 18 hailstorms that struck...
May 6 2013 // BP PLC is paying $69 million for interactive exhibits at a Hancock County science center, a concrete pathway on the beach at Pascagoula, up to six miles of shoreline and improvements at a park as part of Mississippi Gulf...