A man entered a plea of not guilty in response to charges that he fraudulently received $172,800 by claiming that he lost his job as a deckhand and fisherman following the BP oil spill. The man got charged with fraud after he got arrested for traffic violations and the federal arrest warrant for fraud came […]
Three people are fortunate to be alive following a car crash on a bridge on Highway 605. The early morning accident happened when the car struck a guard rail. None of the three people who were in the vehicle at the time of the crash were wearing seatbelts. A woman and a ten-year-old child got […]
A horrific collision at a railroad crossing killed four people and injured forty others. The rescue effort took over an hour, and rescue workers even had to use metal cutting equipment to free some of the bus passengers from the wreckage. The accident occurred when a freight train crashed into a casino tour bus at […]
Auto parts manufacturing is a growing industry across the American South. While the factories and the jobs that they provide do benefit the local economy and provide jobs for many people, there are risks associated with working in automobile parts manufacturing facilities. The machines that are used to make auto parts are diverse and complex. […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently issued a decision that highlights an area where the circuit courts are divided on how to handle an issue. The decision involves the treatment of internal whistleblowers, and the court ruled that employees who report suspected violations of federal securities laws to others within their […]
A Gulfport man got hit and killed while he was putting gas into his pickup truck, which he had parked on the side on Interstate 10 after it ran out of gas. As the man was using a gas can to put gasoline in the truck, the driver of a large SUV lost control of […]
Winning a lawsuit on a whistleblower protection is certainly a victory, but it is a victory that sometimes comes with a price. For Mike McQueary, that price would have been $1.7 million dollars, the amount of legal fees due to his attorneys for their work in representing him in his whistleblower case against Penn State […]
A recent midday crash involving three tractor-trailers stopped eastbound traffic on Interstate 10 in Mississippi for quite some time while response crews worked to clear the wreckage from the roadway. Preliminary reports on the accident did not indicate that there were any fatalities from the crash, but there was a lot of property damage, and […]
Some people might joke that they dream of being paid six figures to sit around and do nothing. The reality is that many people do like to work, especially those who have found employment that is meaningful to them. To many people, the thought of being paid to sit and do nothing all day seems […]
Last year, a man died after he got struck by a forklift at the Armstrong Flooring in Jackson. Forklift accidents are a common cause of workplace injuries and deaths across America. Forklifts are in many different types of workplaces, so it is important that all workers who encounter forklifts in their workplaces know about the […]
