Scruggs OXFORD, Miss. - A little more than a week before a federal grand jury indicted prominent Mississippi trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the state judge he allegedly attempted to bribe and two others recused themselves from presiding over the case from which the indictment sprung.
Lamar JACKSON, Miss. - Several dozen asbestos claims were not filed in the proper jurisdiction, and attorneys failed to promptly file to have them transferred, the Mississippi Supreme Court decided last week in dismissing the claims.
JACKSON, Miss. -- The personal injury case of a woman involved in a wreck with a laundry company's vehicle recently provided the Mississippi Supreme Court the perfect opportunity to polish its stance on additurs and remittiturs.