On Friday a Hinds County jury returned a defense verdict in Brown v. Waffle House, Inc.
Disclaimer: Personally, I think Waffle Houses are awesome. They could open one on the moon and it would always be at least half full.
Here is the Pre-Trial Order.
The plaintiff was shot in the knee in
As discussed here, two weeks ago a Hinds County jury in Judge Winston Kidd’s courtroom rendered a defense verdict in a nursing home / medical malpractice case.
Last week, there was a another trial of a nursing home case in Hinds County, this one in Judge Tommie Green’s courtroom. The result was another defense
The April 2014 edition of the Mississippi Jury Verdict Reporter is out, with details on the following verdicts:
Last week a Hinds County jury returned a defense verdict in Malouf v. Fredericks. The case involved medical malpractice allegations against two Jackson physicians.
Mike Malouf, Sr. of Jackson represented the plaintiff.
Carl Hagwood and Diane Pradat Pumphrey of Wilkins Tipton in Jackson represented one of the physician doctors and Whit Johnson of Currie Johnson in
Hinds Circuit Judge Jeff Weill petitioned the Mississippi Supreme Court to stop Senior Judge Tommie Green’s plan to assign only civil cases to Judge Weill and Judge Kidd with all criminal cases assigned to Judge Green and Judge Gowan. Here is Judge Weill’s petition, minus the cover page (I don’t have it). Here is
As reported earlier this week on Jackson Jambalaya, Hinds County Senior Judge Tomie Green entered an Order Establishing Criminal and Civil Divisions in Hinds County. You can read the Order at the JJ link above.
The Order tabs Judges Kidd and Weill to primarily preside over civil cases. Judges Green and Gowan will primarily preside over criminal
Jackson Jambalaya has the video of the hearing before Hinds County Circuit Judge Tommie Green over Attorney General Jim Hood’s helping get the pardon recipients out of jail attempt to block the release of convicts who Gov. Barbour pardoned. I must confess, I didn’t watch it. I’ve never been much on pre-season games. I view the Circuit Court fight as
There were at least four significant civil trials last week in Mississippi with the plaintiffs winning 3 of 3 that went to verdict. I did not get much information on all but the Amite County verdict. Here is what I know:
A Hinds County jury awarded $1.02 million last week to the victim of a miss-filled Coumadin prescription. Coumadin (Warfarin) is a blood thinner prescribed to prevent blood clots that can lead to injuries such as strokes. 
Here is a copy of the Complaint. Margie Kemp was the plaintiff. Kemp alleged that Mississippi Discount of
That sound that you just heard was the jaws dropping of lawyers all over Mississippi in reaction to the Mississippi Supreme Court’s decision in InTown Lessee Associates v. Howard. The Court affirmed a total verdict of $4 million to two plaintiffs were were beaten and robbed at the InTown Suites on I-55 in Northeast Jackson.
Here are