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This week saw the Mississippi Supreme Court rule on a lawsuit arising from a dispute between USAA and a homeowner over a Katrina claim. The case is Corban v. USAA, and the ruling is online. The short version of the Corban claim is: The Corbans had a very nice property close to the Mississippi at the time [...] 
Two articles from different sources, reporting on different parts of the country Seen in the Boston Herald: Pike officials, under fire for approving a hefty toll hike scheduled to take effect July 1, faced more heat yesterday after the Herald reported that there was a 23 percent increase in speeding tickets on the Pike during the first [...] 
I’m currently visiting family in Memphis, where family time and my folks’ four dogs limit blogging time. However, I would be remiss if I didn’t share at least one image from my first visit to Tunica in about 20 or 25 years. Tunica has changed dramatically since gambling was legalized. 
One evacuee’s tale is the subject of this blog post: The six hours before dawn took us into the gridlock. Once we hit I-59, traffic was reduced to an average of one to three miles per hour. With no available gas in sight, the option of AC rapidly became too fuel-intensive to embrace. In heat close [...] 
It seems that the downside of having 1.9 million people evacuate Louisiana this time is that perhaps the evacuation routes might have been a bit underpowered. Despite what’s been heard on CNN, the Best of New Orleans blog reported this afternoon: I am livid with the information we are receiving from the authorities and the media about [...]
I haven’t written much about the Scruggses recently, but I would be remiss if I didn’t pass along this blurb from the Sun Herald: Dickie Scruggs received the maximum 5 years in prison in $250,000 in fines for a crime Judge Neal D. Biggers Jr. called "reprehensible." […] Biggers ordered Scruggs to report to prison at noon [...] 
As a result of the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons, many Americans became familiar with FEMA trailers—the little white structures driven in after a catastrophe, to provide basic shelter to area residents whose homes had been destroyed. Unfortunately, FEMA trailers have problems. They’re extremely cramped, somewhat dehumanizing, rather susceptible to wind damage, emit toxic fumes…and [...]
David Rosmiller has posted a decision from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on the Broussard Katrina-slab case: We REVERSE the judgment of the district court entering JMOL in favor of the Broussards. We REVERSE and VACATE the jury’s award of punitive damages. We AFFIRM the district court’s admission of testimony from the Broussards’ expert witness. [...]
So, while the attention of the Mississippi legal and insurance communities has been focused on the Scruggs circus, it looks like a bit of work has still been going on elsewhere in the state. For example, consider California-based law firm Irell & Manella reports it has won a partial summary [...]
You’ve already probably heard this news, but in case you haven’t and were wondering about all the raucous partying occurring in Bloomington, Illinois. From an AP article at the Wall Street Journal: Citing ethical breaches, a federal judge Friday barred a group of Mississippi attorneys once affiliated with a well-known tort lawyer from representing any [...] |
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