Mississippi Business Journal » jury http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 State Farm appeals Katrina-related whistleblower lawsuit ruling http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/09/state-farm-appeals-katrina-related-whistleblower-lawsuit-ruling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-farm-appeals-katrina-related-whistleblower-lawsuit-ruling http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/09/state-farm-appeals-katrina-related-whistleblower-lawsuit-ruling/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 17:21:09 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74487 GULFPORT — State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has asked a judge to void a jury’s finding that the company defrauded the government involving a policyholder claim after Hurricane Katrina. Motions filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport also seek a new trial The verdict came in April in a whistleblower lawsuit against the Illinois- [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/09/state-farm-appeals-katrina-related-whistleblower-lawsuit-ruling/feed/ 0 Justices uphold decision to throw out jury award against Trustmark http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/26/justices-uphold-decision-to-throw-out-jury-award-against-trustmark/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=justices-uphold-decision-to-throw-out-jury-award-against-trustmark http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/26/justices-uphold-decision-to-throw-out-jury-award-against-trustmark/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:31:40 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=54729 JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld its decision to throw out a $3.72 million jury award against Trustmark National Bank in a lawsuit brought by a construction firm. The Clarion-Ledger reports the construction company had accused the bank of improperly giving the state $1 million from the firm’s account. In 2009, A Hinds [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/26/justices-uphold-decision-to-throw-out-jury-award-against-trustmark/feed/ 0 Jury clears way to go after Stanford’s foreign bank accounts http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/09/jury-clears-way-to-go-after-stanfords-foreign-bank-accounts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jury-clears-way-to-go-after-stanfords-foreign-bank-accounts http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/09/jury-clears-way-to-go-after-stanfords-foreign-bank-accounts/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:31:22 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=53750 HOUSTON, Texas — A Texas jury cleared the way yesterday for U.S. authorities to go after $330 million in stolen investor funds sitting in frozen foreign bank accounts controlled by convicted Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford. The jury, which convicted the former tycoon on 13 of 14 fraud-related counts earlier this week, found there to [...]

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