Mississippi News

A roller-coaster asbestos case that led to a record-breaking $322 million verdict for a single plaintiff last year has now produced a complete defense win. We suspect the defense lawyers will be talking about how they pulled this one off for decades to come.

While Mississippi's cap on non-economic challenges is still seeking the approval tort reformers were looking for, a state judge has ruled the cap is unconstitutional.

A Mississippi state judge has declared a legislatively imposed cap on how much juries can award in non-economic damages unconstitutional.

Pending approval of the Legislature, the attorney general's office could receive an extra $2 million this fiscal year to pursue damages from the BP oil spill. Without the money, Attorney General Jim Hood said he'll hire private attorneys on a contingency fee who'll put up the money to hire experts, a practice Republican lawmakers are seeking to end.

Disgraced plaintiffs attorneys Richard "Dickie" Scruggs argued during a two-day hearing that his guilty pleas in two judicial bribery schemes should be vacated.

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood confirmed Tuesday to The Associated Press that he has hired former Attorney General Mike Moore and others to handle the state's claims against BP PLC stemming from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.