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   State Courts - Mississippi - January 26 - January 27, 2006

  
Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, P.C. v. Muirhead, NO. 2004-CA-01558-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, January 26, 2006, Decided
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Overview: A finding in favor of the employee in his legal malpractice claim was improper where the employee was not a named insured. The law firm could not have properly advised the insurance company to provide the employee a defense unless the claims were covered by the policy and the employee was an insured.

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Johnson Land Co. v. C. E. Frazier Constr. Co., NO. 2004-CA-00924-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, January 26, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Circuit court properly confirmed the arbitration award in favor of the general contractor within the 90-day time period pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. §§ 11-15-125 and -135. No grounds for vacating, modifying, or correcting the award were asserted, and parties had not agreed the court should retain jurisdiction and review merits of arbitration.

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Weeks v. City of Clinton (In re City of Clinton), NO. 2004-AN-01436-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, January 26, 2006, Decided
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Overview: In affidavit filed by city, the affiant specifically stated locations and dates of his postings of notice of hearings on annexation as required by Miss. R. Civ. P. 4(f) and Miss. Code Ann. §§ 21-1-15 and 21-1-31. Same in conjunction with publication of notice was sufficient. However, chancellor failed to consider factors per City of Batesville.

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Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. Goodwin, NO. 2003-CA-02439-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, January 26, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Under the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws § 188, Iowa law applied to interpret the terms of the insurance contract issued and paid in Iowa. Under Iowa law, a multi-vehicle collision was one "accident" for purposes of the $ 1 million policy limit on the insurance company's liability.

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In re Local Rules, No. 89-R-99015-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, January 27, 2006, Decided
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