Hand down list Milton Pilate v. Mississippi Department of Employment Security and Powell Transportation Company – clerk must notify party of deficiency regarding appeal – Pilate was working for Powell Transportation Company when he started suffering from vertigo. He got treatment but the symptoms returned when he was driving. Instead of continuing his route to…
At 10:00 the CoA will hear State of Mississippi Board of Nursing v. Ann Hobson. Hobson had a history of substance abuse and was a participant in the Board’s Recovery Nurse Program from approximately 2004 until 2009. In 2014 she was a CRNA at South Sunflower Hospital. On June 10 she was assisting in surgery.…
At 1:30 the MSSC will hear the case of Douglas Michael Long, Jr. v. David J. Vitkausakas, another bullshit alienation of affection lawsuit. Apparently these still exist because we have a legislature full of idiots. And henceforth we are dealing with Doug and Dave because I refuse to type Vitausakas more than I have already.…
Hand down list No opinions today.
Hand down list Irvin A. Payne v. State of Mississippi – possession of ethylone – Payne was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a controlled substance. The items were found after a traffic stop. The court reverses and renders the conviction for possession of a controlled substance…
At 1:30 the COA will hear the case of The Saxon Group v. South Mississippi Power Association. SMEPA is a generation transmission electric power coop that sells electricity wholesale to eleven distribution coops in Mississippi. Saxon was a Georgia construction company that was awarded a bid for mechanical and electrical construction services at SMEPA’s Moselle…
At 10:30 the Mississippi Supreme Court will hear the case of Charles Araujo, et al v. Governor Phil Bryant, et al., the case that challenged the law that required school districts to share their tax levies with charter schools. When a student enrolls in a charter school, the school district where the student resides sends…
Hand down list In Re: In the Matter of the Appointment and Setting Salary for County Court Administrator and Deputy Court Administrator: Hinds County, Mississippi v. Hon. William Skinner and Larita Cooper Stokes – appeal of order by county court judges – When the two Hinds County Court judges signed an administrative order setting the…
Hand down list Coast Plaza LLC, Michael J. Thompson, Keith Paul Gagnon, and Estate of Milton L. Gagnon v. RCH Capital LLC, RCH Mortgage Fund V LLC, and Michael J. Yentzen Esq., as Substitute Trustee – breach of alleged settlement agreement – The Coast Plaza parties sued the RCH parties to enforce a settlement agreement…
At 10:00 the COA will hear the case of Annis Willis Ranier v. River Oaks Hospital, LLC. Ranier worked at River Oaks Hospital for 30 years despite having a severe allergy to latex. In 2011 she was a patient there and undergoing a venogram to test the relative condition of the veins in her legs.…
Hand down list In The Matter of The Last Will and Testament of Mary Saunders Waller: Brenda Gordon and Craig Gordon v. Sherry Wall, Administratrix C.T.A. of the Estate of Mary Saunders– inter vivos gift – Ninety-year-old Mary Saunders Waller gave her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Craig Gordon, 450 acres. A conservator was appointed…
Hand down list Ruben Orlando Benitez v. Joel Wallace – statute of limitations – Ruben Orlando Benitez was convicted of the murder of Stacey Wright. His conviction was affirmed on appeal in 2014. In June 2017, Benitez sued MBI investigator Joel Wallace alleging that Wallace committed several torts against him during the investigation into Wright’s…
