by Associated Press Published: May 6,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, breach of contract, case, contract, court, doctor, health, health care, hearing, hospital, judicial, judiciary, justice, lawsuit, medical, medicine, physician, ruling
JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear oral arguments June 5 in a Jackson hospital’s appeal of a $2.27 million judgment for a doctor in a breach of contract lawsuit. Dr. Adolfo Morales, an ophthalmologist, had alleged Central Mississippi Medical Center breached a physician recruitment contract in 2004, which would have allowed him to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: attempted assassination, bench, court, crime, detention, detonate, elected official, hearing, judge, law, legal, letter, mail, poison, politician, Politics, post, President, public official, ricin, Senator
TUPELO — The first time James Everett Dutshcke’s name came up in court regarding ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others, he wasn’t the man charged in the case. And it was a defense lawyer for the first man to fall under suspicion, not the government, pointing the finger at Dutschke. That was [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 22,2013
Tags: black market, body parts, elected official, hearing, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, letter, mail, poison, politician, Politics, post, President, public official, ricin, Senator
OXFORD — The man charged with mailing ricin-laced letters to the president and a senator was expected back in court today, and the hearing could reveal what evidence authorities have collected from searches of his home and vehicle. Through his lawyer, Paul Kevin Curtis has denied any involvement in the letters sent to President Barack [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, contaminate, contamination, court, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, hearing, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, oil spill, oilrig, payout, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, settlement, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has rejected BP’s request to block what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses who claim the company’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money. Before a hearing today, U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier already had upheld court-appointed claims administrator Patrick Juneau’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 28,2013
Tags: abortion, baby, birth, clinic, health, health care, hearing, license, medical, medicine, state government, state law
JACKSON — Mississippi’s only abortion clinic is scheduled for an April 18 license revocation hearing before the state Department of Health, and officials say a decision could come days or weeks later. The Health Department told the clinic in late January that it intends to take away its license because the facility had failed to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2013
Tags: bench, court, hearing, home, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, petition, plant, protest, resident, sand, sand-drying
POPLARVILLE — A Pearl River County judge has scheduled a hearing tomorrow on a petition from some residents seeking to block development of five acres near the construction site of a sand drying plant in Picayune. The Alliance Consulting Group is locating the plant on 30 acres between Nicholson and Picayune. The $30-million plant would [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 18,2013
Tags: bank, banking, bench, court, crime, embezzle, finance, financial institution, hearing, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, plea, theft, vault
PICAYUNE — A change of plea hearing is scheduled tomorrow for the former head teller of a Picayune bank accused of participating in the theft of $117,000 from a bank vault at Union Planters Bank. Vonetta Jordan, of Poplarville, is charged with bank fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and 12 counts of making false [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 9,2012
Tags: accident, bench, court, death, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, hearing, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling oilrig, Oil, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, trial, vacation, visitor, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — BP and attorneys for businesses and people who lost money in the Gulf oil spill urged a federal judge yesterday to give his final approval to a class-action settlement. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier heard arguments from lawyers who negotiated the deal as well as other attorneys who have objected to parts [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 8,2012
Tags: accident, bench, class action, court, death, decision, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fairness, fatality, fuel, gasoline, hearing, hospitality, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, ruling, seafood, tourism, tourist, trial, vacation, visitor, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans is set to preside over a fairness hearing for a proposed class-action settlement of economic damage claims spawned by BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. During today’s hearing, the London-based oil giant and a team of private plaintiffs’ attorneys will urge U.S. District [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: bench, court, desegregation, education, elementary school, federal, hearing, judge, judicial, judiciary, junior high school, justice, law, learn, legal, public school, race, school, school district, secondary education, student, teacher, teaching, trial
CLEVELAND — A federal judge will hear arguments Dec. 11 in Oxford on proposals to desegregate two schools in the Cleveland School District. In May, the school district filed a proposal with the federal court to desegregate the East Side High School and D.M. Smith Middle School. The school system wanted to introduce magnet programs [...] [...]
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