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Asbestos suits on rise in Madison County (The Telegraph)
EDWARDSVILLE - The number of asbestos lawsuits filed in Madison County jumped by almost 200 cases in 2008, raising alarm among tort reform advocates, but a judge said lawyers tell him such cases are more numerous across the country.
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Former Mississippi DA gives up law license (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
Former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters, who has been linked to a high-profile judicial bribery investigation, has given up his law license over an undisclosed bar complaint.
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Former Hinds D.A. Ed Peters Accused of $1M Bribe (Jackson Free Press)
The Scruggs scandal is hitting closer and closer to Hinds County. In a story about Booneville attorney Joey Langston pleading guilty to corruption charges, The Clarion-Ledger buried explosive accusations , made in court documents, that Ed Peters—who has worked closely with Tim Balducci—is accused of taking a million-dollar bribe to influence his former assistant district attorney, now-Hinds ...
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LegalView Reports Development of a Breakthrough Study Explaining How Asbestos Causes Mesothelioma Cancer (PRWeb)
LegalView recently reported of a study by scientists at Ohio State University who are attempting to determine the molecular details of how asbestos fibers bind to human cancer cells. The scientists hope that with the study, they will eventually be able to produce more adequate mesothelioma treatments. (PRWeb Dec 31, 2008) Read the full story at ...
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LegalView Reports Development of a Breakthrough Study Explaining How Asbestos Causes Mesothelioma Cancer (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
LegalView recently reported of a study by scientists at Ohio State University who are attempting to determine the molecular details of how asbestos fibers bind to human cancer cells. The scientists hope that with the study, they will eventually be able to produce more adequate mesothelioma treatments.
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Buying a home with nothing down is possible (Belleville News-Democrat)
Lowering the key lending rate - the one banks use when they lend to each other - is expected to help potential home buyers. But many are saying that only those with pristine credit and hefty down payments will get the lowest mortgage rates.
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SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI: THE TOP STORIES OF 2008 (The Mississippi Press)
Jail was a common thread in many of southeast Mississippi's top local news stories in 2008. Famed lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs of Pascagoula was sentenced to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to bribe a state judge for a favorable ruling in a Hurricane Katrina insurance case.
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Tennessee spill revives coal ash controversy (The Christian Science Monitor)
A dike break left 3,000 acres covered in toxic sludge and put rivers downstream at risk.
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The year in review (Niles Herald-Spectator)
The political and cultural foundation of the village of Niles was rocked by an earthquake this year when Nicholas Blase, who attained near-iconic status in his 47 years as mayor, retired amid scandal and pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges. Blase, 80, made headlines when he stepped down in August and was replaced by Trustee Robert Callero. Find out which other stories made our Top 10 ...
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Scruggs' fall, immigration raid top MS news in '08 (WDAM-TV Hattiesburg)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - He was the King of Torts. He was the top plaintiffs lawyer in the South. Now Dickie Scruggs is federal prisoner No. 12734-042.
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