$194,154 Bench Trial Verdict in Hinds County Breach of Contract Case
On April 25, 2013, Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd rendered a bench verdict of $194,154.95 in W&G Properties, LLC v. Hinds County Economic Development District. Here is the Court’s opinion...
View ArticleHinds County Medical Malpractice Trial Ends With Jury Instruction Screw Up...
On Friday afternoon a Hinds County medical malpractice trial took one of the weirdest turns imaginable. First, the the non-weird part. Dr. Paul Bracey treated Patrina Reynolds at the St. D emergency...
View ArticleNew Trial Ordered in Case Where Jury Given Wrong Written Jury Instructions
I wrote in May about a Hinds County medical malpractice trial where the jury was given the wrong set of written instructions. Here is the post. Last week Hinds Circuit Court Judge Jeff Weill ordered a...
View Article$52 Million Jury Verdict in Hinds County Products Liability Case
On Thursday afternoon a Hinds County jury rendered a $52 million verdict in a case against Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. and the driver of a vehicle. The trial started on September 3. The plaintiff was...
View Article$500,000 Verdict Against Target in Hinds County Slip-and-Fall Case
Last week a Hinds County jury rendered a $500,000 verdict in McFarland v. Target Corp. Here is the Verdict Form. Lesa McFarland alleged that she fell in Target on August 4, 2011 on the See Spot Save...
View Article$4.5 Million Verdict in Hinds County Product Liability Case
A few weeks ago a Hinds County jury rendered a verdict of $4,568,116 in Walls v. Williams-Pyro, Inc. The trial involved a fire suppression device that attached underneath stove vent hoods. The device...
View ArticleJury Verdict Leaves Rappers Singing the Blues
The Clarion-Ledger reported last week that former NBA and USM basketball star Clarence Weatherspoon has won a Hinds County lawsuit against two rap artists. From the article: Donald Sharp, a.k.a....
View Article$1 Million Jury Verdict in Hinds County Premises Liability Case
On Thursday a Hinds County jury rendered a $1 million verdict in Clark v. Arlington Properties, Inc. The case involved a car-jacking of a woman on May 23, 2013 at the Park at Moss Creek Apartments in...
View ArticleMy Take on the Public Defender’s Assault on Judge Weill’s Courtroom
I have shied away from blogging about the ongoing dispute between Hinds Circuit Judge Jeff Weill and the Hinds County Public Defender’s office because: there is a back story here that I don’t know; and...
View ArticleNow This is a real judge – public defender fight
As reported by TBA, yesterday the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled on the brouhaha between the Hinds County Public Defender’s office and Judge Jeff Weill. Lest anyone think this was a real fight comes...
View ArticleDefense Verdict in Hinds County Nursing Home/ Med Mal Case
On Friday a Hinds County jury rendered a defense verdict in a case against Lakeland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Dr. David Flemming. Here is the jury’s verdict. I watched the trial for several...
View ArticleAnother Hinds County Nursing Home Trial — Another Defense Verdict
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...
View ArticleUpdate on the Latest Hinds County Defense Verdict in Nursing Home Case
Yesterday I posted about a defense verdict last week in a Hinds County nursing home case. Here is some more information on the verdict. The case was a re-trial of a case originally tried in 2011. In...
View ArticleSupreme Court Orders New Trial in Jury Instruction SNAFU Case
Back in 2013 I wrote here and here about a Hinds County medical malpractice trial where the bailiff gave the wrong set of written jury instructions to the jury during deliberations. Here is how I...
View ArticleDetails Slowly Emerge in Hinds County Million-Plus Med-Mal Verdict
I received a report last week of a $1.3 million verdict in Hinds County in a medical malpractice case. I have been hampered in putting together a report on the verdict because the Complaint predates...
View ArticleDefense Wins Hinds County Car Wreck Case with $75,000 Verdict
About a month ago a Hinds County jury returned a $75,000 verdict in Taylor v. Stubblefield. Here is the Complaint. The Defendant, who lives in Hinds County, rear-ended the Plaintiffs in Magee. It...
View ArticleDefense Verdict in Hinds County Premises Liability Trial
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...
View Article$6,000 Jury Verdict in Hinds County Car Wreck Case
Last week a Hinds County Circuit Court jury returned a plaintiff verdict of $6,000 in Slaughter v. Nichols-Cohn. As of Friday, the jury verdict and judgment was not on MEC. Here is the Pretrial Order....
View Article$3.1 Million Jury Verdict in Hinds County Premises Case
On Thursday a Hinds County Circuit Court jury returned a total verdict of $3,108,000 in Crogier v. Heritage Properties. $3 million of the verdict was for pain and suffering, so the total verdict will...
View Article$2.2 Million Verdict in Hinds County Car Wreck Trial
On Friday a Hinds County Circuit Court jury returned a $2.2 million verdict in Moton v. Leguire and Climate King, LLC. Facts: Plaintiff was traveling on I-55 south on August 3, 2016 when the pickup...
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