Mississippi Bad Faith Law
<h2> <center> Gabriel Oliver v. City of Brandon, Mississippi </h2> </center>
Jackson, Mississippi, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance prohibiting street preaching near a public amphitheater. Olivier is a street preacher in Mississippi—a Christian who believes that sharing his religious views with fellow citizens is an im- portant part of exercising his faith. His vocation sometimes took him to the sidewa... More...
$ (03-24-2026 - MS)Caleb Crabtree, et al. v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company, et al.
Jackson, Mississippi insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.<br> <br> We explained in Crabtree I that "Court Properties did not have a 'real and legitimate interest' in the bad-faith claim because it was a 'disinterested stranger[]' that had no stake in Cotton's bad-faith claim or the bankruptcy proceeding.†Id. at *4 (alteration in ... More...
$0 (06-12-2025 - MS)<h1> Lydia Martinez v. State of Mississippi </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Lydia was initially indicted by a Lowndes County grand jury on one count of<br> accessory after the fact to murder. She was originally ind... More...
$0 (04-13-2025 - MS)<h1> Recardo Frazier a/k/a Recardo Randell Frazier a/k/a Ricardo Frazier v. State of Mississippi </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> State of Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder with a firearm enhancement. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Frazier owned and operated a construction company. Sometime between 2012 and<br> 2014, Ellis Pittman ... More...
$0 (03-26-2025 - MS)<h1> State of Mississippi v. Mancel L. Rencher a/k/a Mancel Logan Rencher </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Hernando, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with two counts of gratification of lust for fondling his minor daughter. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Boone and his former wife, Penny, have two daughters, Marcia and Sasha.2 The<... More...
$0 (01-07-2025 - MS)State of Mississippi v. David Patrick Boone a/k/a David P. Boone, a/k/a A David Boone
Hernando, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with gratification of lust by fondling his minor daughter.<br> <br> A DeSoto County Circuit Court jury found David Boone guilty of two counts of gratification of lust for fondling his minor daughter. The court sentenced Boone to serve fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) for... More...
$0 (01-07-2025 - MS)State of Mississippi v. Planero Bell
Meridian, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant aggravated assault and felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> A jury convicted Planereo Bell of two counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. Bell was sentenced to three terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Be... More...
$0 (11-21-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Earl Givens, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement, fraud, felony bad check, uttering a forgery, and possession of stolen property </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Carrollton Man Sentenced to over 15 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud</h2></center></b></b> <... More...
$0 (09-03-2024 - MS)<h1> CORR PROPERTIES, LLC v. EVA PROCTOR AND PAUL QUINN, AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR EVA PROCTOR </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS civil defense lawyer represented the appellant with challenging the chancery court's rulings on the motions for attorney's fees </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> ¶2. On August 27, 2020, Corr Properties purchased a parcel of real property located ... More...
$0 (08-06-2024 - MS)State of Mississippi v. Jimmy David Williams, a/k/a Jimmy D. Williams
<h2><br> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery.<br> </h2><br> <br> ¶2. On the morning of Wednesday, March 7, 2018, Becky,1 a ninth grader at Moss Point<br> High School, left her house to walk down the street to the school bus stop. Wednesdays were<br> uniform inspection days for Becky, who was in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Co... More...
$0 (01-18-2023 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Nicholas Monroe </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of a firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Starkville man sentenced to prison for illegal possession of a firearm </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Nicholas Monroe, 31, pled guilty in April to ... More...
$0 (07-25-2024 - MS)<h1> Donta Kirby a/k/a Donta Terrell Kirby a/k/a Donta T. Kirby v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing, raising three claims of error: ineffective assistance of counsel, improper limitation on cross-examination, and insufficient evidence to support the verdict. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></c... More...
$0 (06-22-2024 - MS)<h1> Barry W. Gilmer a/k/a Barry Wade Gilmer v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his conviction to the County Court of Madison County, but he failed to appear for his trial de novo </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Upon motion by the City of Madison (City), the county court entered an order dismissing Gilmer's ... More...
$0 (01-16-2024 - MS)<h1> Donta Kirby a/k/a Donta Terrell Kirby a/k/a Donta T. Kirby v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing, raising three claims of error: ineffective assistance of counsel, improper limitation on cross-examination, and insufficient evidence to support the verdict </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center>... More...
$0 (01-23-2024 - MS)<h1> Barry W. Gilmer a/k/a Barry Wade Gilmer v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Ridgeland, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant appealing to the circuit court, which affirmed the county court's judgment.</font </color="red"></b></center></h2><br> <br> In December 2018, Gilmer was convicted in justice court of the willful discharge of<br> a firearm toward a dwelling in violation of Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-... More...
$0 (01-16-2024 - MS)<h1> Donta Kirby a/k/a Donta Terrell Kirby a/k/a Donta T. Kirby v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing, raising three claims of error: ineffective assistance of counsel, improper limitation on cross-examination, and insufficient evidence to support the verdict </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center>... More...
$0 (01-13-2024 - MS)<h1> Lydia Martinez v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer, <a href="https://www.lawyers.com/jackson/mississippi/w-daniel-hinchcliff-702193-a/" target="_new">W Daniel Hinchcliff</a>, represented the Defendant with appealing her conviction alleging a violation of her right to a speedy trial, a violation of her right to trial in a proper venue, and a failure by the trial court to provide... More...
$0 (03-26-2021 - MS)<h1> Marlon Johnson a/k/a Marvin v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with filing a motion for judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict</font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> According to the victim, K.H., on the evening of November 29, 2014, she and her<br> friend K.J. went ... More...
$0 (05-07-2024 - MS)<h1> Donta Kirby a/k/a Donta Terrell Kirby a/k/a Donta T. Kirby v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with raising three claims of error: ineffective assistance of counsel, improper limitation on cross-examination, and insufficient evidence to support the verdict. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On Jul... More...
$0 (02-28-2022 - MS)<h1> Richard Moates v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with requesting a new trial. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Cortney and Richard Moates were married for about four years and had two children. <br> They separated in April 2020 when the ch... More...
$0 (06-03-2024 - MS)<h1> Dexter Gilmore a/k/a Dexter Maurice Gilmore v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with moving for a new trial </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Cortney and Richard Moates were married for about four years and had two children. <br> They separated in April 2020 when the children w... More...
$0 (06-03-2024 - MS)<h1> David Hunter Moore v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fifteen counts of video voyeurism and one count of video voyeurism of a child under the age of sixteen years </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Moore is co-owner of Advantage One LLC (Advanta... More...
$0 (03-29-2022 - MS)<h1> Donta Kirby a/k/a Donta Terrell Kirby a/k/a Donta T. Kirby v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing, raising three claims of error: ineffective assistance of counsel, improper limitation on cross-examination, and insufficient evidence to support the verdict </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On July ... More...
$0 (02-28-2022 - MS)Jamal Khalaf v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company
Jackson, Mississippi insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> If an insurer is found to have acted in bad faith, the insurance company must pay three times the amount of damages sustained. In other words, an insurance company may be liable to its insured for $300,000.00 if $100,000.00 was owed on the claim.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (04-12-2024 - MS)Christopher Hill v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company
Jackson, Mississippi insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> Key elements of a bad faith claim in Mississippi:<br> <br> Lack of arguable or legitimate basis for denial or delay: The insurance company must have denied or delayed your claim without a valid reason.<br> Willful or malicious wrong, or act... More...
$1 (01-10-2024 - MS)Annie Caldwell v. Western World Insurance Group
Aberdeen, Mississippi insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Clay County Circuit Court, 23-CV-170K, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> Key elements of a bad faith claim in Mississippi:<br> <br> Lack of arguable or legitimate basis for denial or delay: ... More...
$1 (01-10-2024 - MS)Betty J. Collins v. Tokio Marine, HHC, et al.
Gulfport, Mississippi insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on bad faith breach of an insurance contract theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Circuit Court of Hancock County, Mississippi, 22-00217, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> "Mississippi bad faith breach of insurance contract law allows policyholders to sue their insurers fo... More...
$1 (10-25-2023 - MS)Paul and Sylvaia Minor v. USAA
Jackson, Mississippi insurance law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on bad faith breach of contract theories.<br> <br> <br> ¶ 1. Paul and Sylvia Minor's home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. The Minors had a homeowner's insurance policy with United Services Automobile Association (USAA). The policy provided coverage limits for: house–$1,028,000, boath... More...
$10000000 (10-06-2022 - MS)Estate of Sylvia Minor v. United States Automobile Association (USAA)
Jackson, MS: The Estate of Sylvia Minor sued United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> Plaintiff claimed that USAA acted in bad faith when it took more than 7 years to pay insured claims caused by Hurricane Katrina, which roared ashore in South Mississippi 17 years ago.<br> <br> ... More...
$10000000 (09-23-2022 - MS)RICHARD AND CYNTHIA McCARVER v. RICHARD L. BOGAN AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Personal Injury lawyer represented Appellants after being injured in an accident when another vehicle crossed the center line. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> On August 22, 2014, Bogan was involved in a head-on collision with McCarver when<br> Bogan crossed into McCarver's traffic lane. Bogan was insured by ... More...
$0 (07-20-2022 - MS)Toni Howard v. City of Columbus
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Employment Law lawyer represented Appellant with appealing a decision of suspension without pay. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Toni Howard is a patrol officer with the CPD, which operates under a statutorily<br> authorized civil service systempursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 21-31-1(2)(f)<br>... More...
$0 (07-19-2022 - MS)James E. Alexander Sr. v. Patsy Phillips Musgrove
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Real Estate lawyer represented Appellee with filing a<br> lawsuit seeking to have a tax deed declared void. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> ¶1. This case involves real property in Lawrence County, Mississippi, that Patsy Joan<br> Phillips acquired in 1982 through a deed from Lib and Sue Vanderford. Lib Vand... More...
$0 (07-19-2022 - MS)Tina Franco and Roddy A. Vanacor v. Linda A. Ferrill and Charles A. Ferrill
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Jackson, MS - Real Estate lawyer represented APPELLANTS with an appeal from the judgment of adverse possession of waterfront property.</h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> ¶2. Between 1994 and 2006, the Ferrills purchased eleven lots alongKiln-Waveland Road<br> in the Shoreline Park Subdivision in the city of Waveland, Mississippi.1 ... More...
$0 (06-23-2022 - MS)United States of America v. Dr. Kevin L. Crandell
Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with failing to pay taxes.<br> <br> According to court documents, and evidence presented at trial, Dr. Kevin L. Crandell, of Golden, Mississippi, was an emergency room physician who earned $30,000 to $40,000 per month and stopped paying personal income taxes in 2007. During the years 2006 through 2012, Crandell accrued appro... More...
$0 (06-08-2022 - MS)Phillip Benham v. City of Jackson, Mississippi and James E. Davis
Jackson, Mississippi civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants challenging the constitutionality of a series of city ordinances.<br> <br> <br> On December 11, 2019, Benham filed his Verified Complaint against the Defendants under Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983[1], challenging the constitutionality of a series of City ordinances, §§ 86-401, et seq (hereinafter referred to coll... More...
$0 (06-05-2022 - MS)Antonio Demarao Harris a/k/a Antonio Harris v. State of Mississippi
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with filING a petition for postconviction collateral relief. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> One day during summer break, Harris and his half-brother drove to the Bonita Lakes<br> Mall, where they broke into a car in broad daylight. The pair ransacked the car, ultimately<br> abscon... More...
$0 (02-25-2022 - MS)Julius T. Malone, et al. v. ASF Intermodal, LLC
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Personal Injury lawyer represented appellees with personal injuries and the issue of damages. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> On September 4, 2015, Irvin Taylor and Julius T. Malone were involved in an <br> accident on I-240 in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to trial, Appellant ASF Intermodal, LLC <br> ("ASFâ€) stipul... More...
$0 (02-08-2022 - MS)James E. Alexander Sr. v. Patsy Phillips Musgrove
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Real Property lawyer represented appellant with a case involving real property. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> We begin by addressing the history of this case, based upon the record2<br> and the<br> detailed history set forth in the chancery court's Judgment Upon Remand. In September<br> 1982, Lib Vanderford and his ... More...
$0 (02-08-2022 - MS)John Doe v. Jane Doe
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with appealing the divorce decree. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> In 2003, John, who worked at Prudential Financials, met Jane, who was an<br> entertainment manager for a casino and a part-time bartender. Theywere members of a band<br> in which he played bass, and she sang. They m... More...
$0 (02-07-2022 - MS)James Sims a/k/a James Arthur Sims, Jr. v. State of Mississippi
<center><h2><font color="red"> Jackson, MS - Criminal defense attorney represented James Sims with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> ¶3. On January 7, 2016, at approximately 8:45 p.m., Officer Tara Crum with the<br> Southaven Police Department was dispatched to the SuperLo Food Store (SuperLo) in<br> response to a shoplifting call. When she a... More...
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