Here is some more information on yesterday’s $2.2 million verdict in Hinds County that was the subject of this post.
The jury deliberated for 45 minutes. Judge Winston Kidd presided in the case. Mark Caraway with Wise Carter in Jackson represented CMMC. Lance Stevens of Jackson represented the plaintiff.
CMMC’s main defense was that

As reported by the Clarion-Ledger last week, Hinds County Chancery Judge Denise Owens issued an Order in favor of Meg Weidner against Trustmark Bank National Bank in a breach of fiduciary duty case. Here is a copy of the Order.
The case stemmed from Trustmark acting as trustee for a trust set up

The September edition of the Mississippi Jury Verdict Reporter hit news stands this week and once again does an excellent job of reporting on Mississippi verdicts.
The verdicts reported in the issue include:

• the October 2010 $103 million legal malpractice verdict against Baker & McKenzie discussed in these posts;
• the $578,000 employment discrimination case

The Northeast MS Daily Journal reported yesterday that disbarred Jackson lawyer Vann Leonard will be sentenced on October 13 in federal court in Aberdeen for embezzling $327,585 from a bankruptcy estate. Leonard pleaded guilty in the case in February. The court sealed the file and Leonard returned to the practice law where he (allegedly) embezzled

Now retired Hinds County Circuit Judge Swan Yerger had a reputation for going out of his way to dismiss cases. Judge Yerger seemed to get reversed by the Mississippi Supreme Court more than any other judge in the state for defense rulings. It happened again last week in Compere v. St. Dominic.
The case

Hinds County Defense Verdict
There was a defense verdict returned on Friday in a Hinds County medical malpractice trial. I do not know the names of the parties or the facts of the case. The vote was 11-1.
Heber Simmons of Ridgeland represented the plaintiff. Mildred Morris of Watkins Eager in Jackson represented the defendant.

NMC had a good post last week about the Mississippi Supreme Court’s Order requesting briefing on the waiver issue in Sears v. Learmonth. This is the case where the 5th Circuit asked the Court to decide whether Mississippi’s cap on non-economic damages is constitutional. That was the sole question that went to the Court.
But