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A recent press released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that a series of long-awaited safety guidelines would be going into effect on July 1, 2013. The regulations, which were first proposed 18 months ago, are designed to reduce the chance of exhausted truck drivers getting into deadly accidents. The regulations say that trucker drivers are limited…
An Ole Miss football player died early this month in a terrible accident involving a tractor-trailer. According to police officers, Park Stevens was killed in an accident last Wednesday afternoon. Authorities say that Stevens was killed when his truck collided with the back of a semi that was crossing a four-lane highway in Chickasaw County, MS. Police officers say that…
As the BP oil spill settlement fight continues to ramp up, reports indicate that the number of people filing claims for compensation is also on an upward trajectory. According to data released by the claims administrator, Patrick Juneau, the number of claims filed against BP’s compensation fund is up 18 percent in only the last six weeks. This means the…
Police in Louisiana say that a local woman is dead after a tractor-trailer driver from Jackson, Mississippi caused a fatal accident on a highway in Franklin Parish. Police say the accident happened a little after 10 p.m. Saturday night on Highway 4, just east of U.S. Highway 425. Police investigators say that the tractor-trailer was driven by 36-year-old Venel Juste…
In a surprising and especially aggressive turn, it has been revealed that BP has created a “snitch line” so that individuals can call in and inform on others who they suspect of filing fraudulent claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Are your serious, BP?!?!? Media reports say that the hotline promises callers that any and all tips…
Two drivers in northern Mississippi were injured in an afternoon accident on Highway 9 in Pontotoc. The crash occurred a little before 2 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 9 and South Pontotoc Road. Mississippi Highway Patrol says that a car driven by Sherri Koerber was heading south on Highway 9 when a vehicle driven by Timothy Moore turned onto…
According to neighboring Alabama’s Attorney General, Luther Strange, more than 32,367 individuals and businesses in the state have filed claims to secure their share of a recent BP oil spill settlement. The settlement money was put aside to compensate those who suffered damages in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Despite the good news about…
BP and the Coast Guard jointly announced that the cleanup that was begun after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 has come to an end in three Gulf Coast states. More than three years after the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the oil company says that the coastlines of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida have now been returned to…
A woman in Wayside, MS was airlifted to a hospital in Jackson after suffering life-threatening injuries in a two-car accident. According to Mississippi Highway Patrol officials, the woman, Louise Young was involved in an accident on Mississippi 1 South. Authorities say that the accident happened a little after 4 p.m. when Young’s 1998 Pontiac Sunfire was hit by a 2012…
BP has begun the process of launching an aggressive public relations campaign to challenge the billions of dollars in oil spill settlements it is required to pay to plaintiffs relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. According to recent news reports, BP has decided to place full-age ads in three major national newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street…