BY ANITA LEE calee@sunherald.comJune 19, 2014 A chancery judge jettisoned regulations for offshore drilling in state waters, finding the Mississippi Development Authority failed to complete any meaningful study of the economic impact. Chancery Judge William H. Singletary ordered MDA to prepare a study resolving the deficiencies he outlined, which means offshore drilling will at the […]
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La. Appeals Court Affirms Shutdown Of Noisy Racetrack
By David McAfee Law360, Los Angeles (May 14, 2014, 6:31 PM ET) — A Louisiana state appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a trial court’s judgment granting a permanent injunction barring USA Speedway LLC from operating its commercial automobile racetrack on its property in rural Union Parish, Louisiana, after nearby residents complained about noise and dust. […]
Environmental groups seeking to stop Mississippi offshore drilling rules
By The Associated Press on January 06, 2014 at 6:52 PM, updated January 06, 2014 at 6:59 PM JACKSON, Mississippi — Environmental groups want a judge to stop rules setting a framework for offshore gas and oil exploration in parts of the Mississippi Sound. At a hearing Monday, the Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration […]
Drilling rules case set for Jan. 6 in Jackson
The Associated Press Published: Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 – 1:23 pm Last Modified: Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 – 1:30 pm JACKSON, Miss. — The Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration Network, who are fighting plans by the state to lease parts of the Mississippi Sound for natural gas drilling, will be heard Jan. 6 in […]
Railroad companies sued by man who claims he contracted cancer
March 21, 2013 4:37 PM By Tia Benton NEW ORLEANS – A former employee of Amtrak and CSX Transportation is suing the entities on claims that each is liable unto him for damages after he contracted non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Joseph Tangell filed a lawsuit against CSX Transportation Inc. and National Railroad Passenger Company (AMTRAK) on Jan. […]
Fishers still angry about 2010 BP oil spill
Oil giant BP says the clean-up following the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been a success, but many fishers disagree. As the trial to resolve the remaining civil litigation opens, DW visits communities affected. 58 year-old fisherman Byron Encalade stands in one of his two boats. He hasn’t used either of them […]
Union racetrack must cease operations
Written by Scott Rogers USA Speedway will be forbidden to operate its commercial racetrack in a residential neighborhood near Sterlington following a ruling by a Union Parish district court. The lawsuit was filed by 59 residents in 3rd Judicial District Court in August 2010 seeking damages against USA Speedway’s owners Jerry and Casey Hobson. The […]
For these spill victims, legalese is just one language barrier
Crabber Dung Tran, a Vietnamese immigrant, says the Gulf oil spill destroyed 300 of his crab traps and diminished the harvest. By Emily Pickrell December 2, 2012 CHAUVIN, LA. – Even the lawyers and accountants poring through the 1,200-page Gulf oil spill settlement sometimes grumble about deciphering the intentions in its legal language, and Vietnamese […]
It’s Not Just Money Fears Blocking Access to Legal Help; Lawyer Distrust Is Growing
Posted Dec 1, 2012 2:20 AM CST By Rachel M. Zahorsky The fear of possibly unaffordable legal fees is paralyzing access to legal aid for a growing number of moderate-income Americans, as we reported in “Biloxi Blues” in last month’s ABA Journal. And while would-be clients, courts and lawyers struggle to find cost structures that […]
Mississippi To Get 335-Million From BP Criminal Settlement
By Jeffrey Hess | Published 16 Nov 2012 06:02pm Hundreds of Millions of new dollars are headed to the Mississippi Gulf coast now that oil company BP has settled its criminal charges with the federal government. But, as MPB’s Jeffrey Hess reports, this settlement is not the end of the financial penalties the company could […]