All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 10 2009 // Those behind the sophisticated computer software in Mississippi and elsewhere that tracks down child predators on the Internet are now targeting people who illegally download music and movies.“The good guys are ahead...
Dec 9 2009 // A civil lawsuit filed over the damage caused by the 2004 collapse of the Big Bay Lake dam in Lamar County has been moved to Harrison County and set for a March 22 trial.Circuit Court Judge Michael Eubanks granted the...
Dec 1 2009 // Insurance rates for about 26,000 State Farm homeowners in three Mississippi coastal counties will rise 19.5 percent beginning in February.Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney announced the rate increase, noting...
Nov 30 2009 // A $250,000 default judgment against Tippah County has been upheld by the Mississippi Supreme Court.The case was filed in 2007 by Daniel Childers of Ripley, who contended that his elbow was broken during an arrest by county...
Nov 30 2009 // Mississippi’s Lee County will spend more than $50,000 over the next three years on accident and life insurance for its 300-plus volunteer firefighters.The county’s 18 fire departments include only one —...
Nov 15 2009 // On Oct. 8, 2009, the Mississippi Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Corban v. USAA, in which it addressed the enforceability and application of “Anti- Concurrent Cause” clauses (ACCs) to claims involving...
Nov 9 2009 // Hurricane Ida headed toward oil and gas facilities in the central Gulf of Mexico on Monday on a path to the U.S. Gulf Coast after killing 124 people in El Salvador following floods and mudslides.U.S. oil companies were...
Nov 9 2009 // Actor Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger, according to court records. Terms of the settlement were not released.Demaris Meyer filed a federal...
Oct 30 2009 // Pearl River Community College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is moving forward on rebuilding facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina after four years of “moving in quicksand.”Officials settled with Zurich...
Oct 29 2009 // Gulfport will start an environmental court next week to deal with derelict properties, tree ordinance violations, vandalism, building- and fire-code violations and other issues.Mayor George Schloegel plans to ask the city...
Oct 28 2009 // A school district in Mississippi’s Leflore County has been hit with a lawsuit from a student alleging injuries from a paddling.An 11-year-old is seeking $500,000 from the Greenwood Public School District in a suit...
Oct 19 2009 // After having drinks with friends one night, Kristina Tanner left in her car to buy someone a pack of cigarettes.On the way back, she was arrested for DUI — her second drunken-driving arrest within a year. “When...
Oct 19 2009 // While insurers generally see the use of credit scores as both fair and valid, not all independent agents concur.Two lawsuits of interest to the insurance industry have generated media attention in recent weeks. Only one...
Oct 19 2009 // While insurers generally see the use of credit scores as both fair and valid, not all independent agents concur.Two lawsuits of interest to the insurance industry have generated media attention in recent weeks. Neither...
Oct 19 2009 // In a 9-0 decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that so-called “all-risk home insurance policies may cover wind damage from hurricanes, even in situations where the loss is later exacerbated by water from...
Oct 16 2009 // Using President Obama’s visit to New Orleans this week as his backdrop, Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., again urged the Administration to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, including adding wind coverage to the...
Oct 9 2009 // In a 9-0 decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that so-called “all-risk” home insurance policies may cover wind damage from hurricanes, even in situations where the loss is later exacerbated by...
Oct 8 2009 // The economic outlook should brighten in 2010-2011 for the Mississippi and Alabama coasts, but that’s not the case for the New Orleans area, an economist said this week at a regional economic forum.Lack of business...
Oct 7 2009 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says he will decide soon whether State Farm can boost homeowners’ rates in three coastal counties. Chaney told the editorial board of The Clarion-Ledger newspaper that...
Oct 6 2009 // A Gulfport, Mississippi business has been hit with what may be the largest fine in the city’s history.Kevin Lock says he’s struggling to get by after a city judge ordered him to pay $125,000 for failing to...