Mississippi Court Of Appeals
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Recent News About Mississippi Court Of Appeals
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JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - A jury doesn’t need to decide whether day-bed cushions that took to the air during a squall and “popped” a casino customer in the back of the head represented a dangerous condition, a Mississippi appeals court ruled, upholding a trial court’s dismissal.
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JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - Angry ex-clients who claim they were herded into a settlement of a mass-tort case over PCB pollution must arbitrate their dispute with their lawyers, a Mississippi court ruled, rejecting allegations plaintiffs were presented with take-it-or-leave-it contracts as lawyers tried to salvage their own fees.
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JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – A sharply divided Mississippi appeals court reversed a 2017 damages award against a Bolivar County hospital in the death of a renal patient, agreeing with the hospital that a plaintiff expert's testimony had been speculative.
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JACKSON, Miss. – A law firm based in Florida and Mississippi cannot enforce an arbitration clause in its employment agreement with a departing attorney, a Mississippi appeals court ruled in overturning a lower court's 2017 judgment otherwise.
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JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Three Mississippi Supreme Court justices objected to the high court's recent change of mind about whether to hear an appeal of a medical malpractice case against University of Mississippi Medical Center over the 2010 stabbing death of a 19-year-old man.
