There are reports of a $7.5 million verdict last week in Coahoma County. The case was a wrongful death case involving the death of a 2–year old in an apartment fire.
Ralph Chapman and Brennan Chapman of Clarksdale represented the plaintiff.
I will post more information on this verdict if I get any. I'm sure that an upcoming issue of the Miss. Jury Verdict Reporters will have a full report.
A Tunica County jury failed to reach a verdict after deliberating into the early morning hours Saturday in a products liability case against Ford Motor Co., resulting in a mistrial.
Unfortunately, I do not know much about the alleged defect. I believe the case involved a vehicle catching on fire after a crash.
The trial judge had a capital murder trial starting on Monday, resulting in the jury having to deliberate late into the night Friday before the mistrial was declared.
Plaintiff’s attorneys were Ralph Chapman and Dennis Sweet. Ford’s lawyers included Barry Ford and Robert Walker from Baker Donelson and out-of-state lawyers.
This follows Ford’s defense verdict in Jefferson County in October.
I have a report of a $16 million jury verdict today in federal court in Greenville against Kia Motors. The case is presumably a products case involving a defective auto. Defense counsel was David Ayers and Robert Ireland of Watkins & Eager in Jackson. Plaintiff's counsel was Ralph Chapman from Clarskdale. I am trying to get more information.
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