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Airport, ex-director settle lawsuit just before trial

Associated Press — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:28:50 +0000

TUPELO — A lawsuit against the Tupelo Regional Airport Authority has been settled just days ahead of the scheduled trial. Chief U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills dismissed a suit by Reid Dawe, a former director of operations at Tupelo Regional Airport. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Dawe claimed his rights were violated when he [...]

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Supreme Court declines to hear forester’s appeal

Associated Press — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:26:46 +0000

FRANKLIN COUNTY — The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a Franklin County forester fired for opposing a logging plan pushed by the state. The Supreme Court let stand a ruling by the Court of Appeals which last year sided with the Mississippi Forestry Commission. The Appeals Court decision overturned a [...]

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Judge upholds jury verdict in race discrimination case

Associated Press — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:24:58 +0000

GREENWOOD — A federal judge has upheld a jury’s $82,000 award to a white attorney who claimed he was fired by the Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s majority-black board because of his race. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock’s ruling says jurors had sufficient evidence to conclude in April that race was a motivating factor in the board’s [...]

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Chicago law firm asks justices to dismiss $103M fraud verdict

Associated Press — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:57:01 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court is to hear arguments today from a Chicago-based law firm seeking dismissal of a $103 million jury verdict to businessman Lavon Evans Jr. who claimed the firm defrauded him. Evans sued in 2008 claiming the Baker & McKenzie firm defrauded his oil and gas business. In 1999, Evans began [...]

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Ex-business manager files lawsuit against Ole Miss

Associated Press — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:24:30 +0000

OXFORD — The University of Mississippi has until the end of the month to file a response to a lawsuit from a former business manager who alleges she was fired because she is black. The Oxford Eagle reports Ginger R. Walton also alleges in federal court documents that she was also fired for refusing to [...]

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Former city manager drops lawsuit over firing

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:14:20 +0000

GAUTIER — Former Gautier city manager Sidney Runnels has dropped the court challenge to his firing by the city council. Runnels tells The Mississippi Press his health is one of the reasons for dropping the case. Runnels says he had triple bypass surgery within a week after the 4-3 vote to fire him by the [...]

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Analytic Stress settles discrimination lawsuit

Associated Press — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:51:43 +0000

PASCAGOULA — A Pascagoula company has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle a sex-based retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Analytic Stress Relieving Inc. had terminated a female employee in retaliation for her complaints about alleged sexual harassment, according to EEOC. The Mississippi Press reported the company serves petrochemical and [...]

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EEOC suing Signal over treatment of immigrant workers

Associated Press — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:48:40 +0000

PASCAGOULA — A federal agency has filed a lawsuit against an oil rig construction company over treatment of hundreds of immigrant workers recruited in India to work in Mississippi and Texas. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges numerous allegations of discriminatory conduct by Signal International against the workers, including forcing them to live in crowded [...]

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Labor releases updated guide

Wally Northway — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:45:31 +0000

The U.S. Department of Labor has released an updated version of its “Employment Law Guide,” an online publication that describes the major employment laws administered by the department. The updated version addresses recent and important changes in employment laws, including the increase in the federal minimum wage and an expansion of the Family and Medical [...]

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