A Byram man has won a second lawsuit against the Miss. Department of Health. On Thursday a federal court jury in Jackson awarded $425,000 to Albert Brown in his retaliation claim against the Dept. of Health. Here is the jury’s verdict form. Here is the Complaint. Brown sued the Dept. of Health in 2005 for … Continue Reading
As reported in the Clarion-Ledger last week, District Judge Carlton Reeves dismissed the City of Canton’s lawsuit against Nissan. Canton sought a declaratory judgment that its 2000 agreement to not annex the Nissan plant for at least 30 years is not binding. Here is Judge Reeves’ opinion. Here is my post on the lawsuit from last year where … Continue Reading
A federal court jury in Jackson returned a defense verdict Friday afternoon in a products liability trial against Ford Motor Co. The case involved the 2005 roll-over accident of a Ford Expedition SUV in which the teenage driver (Marion Hankins of Yazoo City) was ejected through the sun roof. It was a one vehicle accident and … Continue Reading
Lots of interesting court proceedings in Jackson today. The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today at 9:00 a.m. in the Barbour Pardon-gate case. As always, you can watch the video of the arguments live here at the Supreme Court’s website. It’s an en banc hearing, so you can bet that there will be some … Continue Reading
The City of Canton is suing Nissan seeking a declaratory judgment that Canton’s 2000 agreement to not annex the Nissan plant located outside Canton for at least 30 years is not binding on the City. Apparently, Canton wants to annex the Nissan plant so that it can collect taxes from Nissan. Here is the City … Continue Reading
Friday Mississippi’s federal judiciary celebrated the appointment of District Judge Carlton Reeves with his investiture at Jackson State University. The vast majority of the Mississippi federal judiciary attended the event, which was marked by several moving speeches about the Yazoo City native’s accomplishment of becoming a federal judge. Judge Reeves’ former law partner Cliff Johnson served as the Master of … Continue Reading
Southern District Chief Judge Louis Guirola swore in Carlton Reeves as a United States District Judge this morning in Judge Wingate’s courtroom at the federal courthouse in Jackson. Congressman Bennie Thompson attended the ceremony, as did most of the federal court judges based in Jackson and several Mississippi Supreme Court Justices and Court of Appeals Judges. … Continue Reading
