A federal judge called off a trial Aug. 1 to hear lawsuits stemming from a 2006 plane crash that killed 49 people in Kentucky after family members and the airline reached settlements in most of the cases. Mark Armstrong, chief …
A swiftly developing Tropical Storm Edouard is expected to make landfall very near the upper Texas coast or the coast of southwestern Louisiana by Tuesday, Aug. 5, the National Hurricane Center reported. As of Monday morning, Edouard had sustained winds …
Not so long ago, former Mississippi-based Richard “Dickie” Scruggs was one of the most powerful civil lawsuit attorneys in the country. In prison, he will be inmate No. 12734-042. Scruggs, 62, must report to a federal prison in Kentucky by …
Victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse can find information about filing claims for compensation on a new Web site that goes online on Monday, Aug.4, 2008. The site is bridgecollapseclaims.com. It was put together by the panel of lawyers …
Federal authorities charged two Greeneville, Tennessee teenagers on Aug. 1 in a fire that destroyed a century-old tobacco warehouse and threatened the home of President Andrew Johnson. Matthew Keith Rose and Jory Ramiriz, both 18, were charged with maliciously destroying …
A judge has set a preliminary trial date for lawsuits filed by families of eight of the nine Charleston, South Carolina firefighters killed in a June 2007 furniture store fire. Circuit Judge Markley Dennis on July 31 set a preliminary …
Nine people were injured in a 7-vehicle crash involving a tour bus filled with 25 Japanese tourists in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The Honolulu Fire Department says the brakes on the bus failed as it approached the traffic light at the intersection …
President Bush approved a disaster declaration for areas in northern Idaho ravaged by flooding this spring. Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter announced the approval of the declaration Aug. 1 that covers Kootenai and Shoshone counties. Damage estimates exceeded $1.84 million. Under …
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said a Tutwiler, Miss. police officer is charged on felony false pretense and insurance fraud. Hood said 39-year-old Ben Jones III was arraigned before a county judge July 31 and released on a $5,000 bond. …
The decline in claim frequency for workers compensation injuries continued into 2007, but the magnitude is much smaller than in the previous two years, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. The 2007 drop in claim frequency extends a …