Starkville joins opioid litigation
The city of Starkville will join an opioid litigation case after aldermen voted unanimously in favor of the action at Tuesday’s meeting.
Starkville to consider joining opioid litigation
The Starkville Board of Aldermen will consider allowing the city to join as plaintiffs in litigation targeting opioid manufacturer and distribution companies when they meet on Tuesday.
$87 million each for lead firms in 2010 oil spill litigation
A committee of attorneys involved in litigation arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has made its recommendation for dividing some $700 million in fees among 122 law firms involved in years of complex legal work.
AG Hood recovers $30 million for state
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has delivered a check totaling just over $30 million to the state treasury from litigation involving cases against Standard & Poor’s and Capital One Bank.
Tax assessor sues county over payroll request denial
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors unanimously authorized attorney Jack Brown to seek outside counsel Monday to represent the county in litigation surrounding a denied tax office payroll request.
Board Vice President John Montgomery confirmed tax assessor Allen Morgan filed a bill of exceptions with Circuit Court after the board failed March 4 to allow a payroll increase for a full-time tax office employee.
Taxpayer funds, private donations fuel municipal building litigation
Divisions between Starkville’s political ideologies are emerging through how a legal battle over municipal facilities’ construction is funded. The City of Starkville spent $44,979.77 to fund litigation costs defending its municipal facilities plan, officials confirmed Monday.