D’Monterrio Gibson, a former FedEx driver, has filed a $5 million lawsuit against his former employer and the two white men he alleges chased him down and shot at him while he was making deliveries in Brookhaven, Miss., almost two years ago. FedEx fired Gibson in July.
“Our research shows that there is no recognized property right under U.S. law—or the laws of any other country of which we are aware—to the facts and events that occur during someone’s life,” law professors Jorge L. Contreras and Dave Fagundes write.
Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is demanding more retractions and apologies from Mississippi Today, a nonprofit newsroom that has focused much of its reporting in recent years on his role in the state’s $77-million welfare scandal that occurred while he was in office.
“Local and state governments that are suing want to hold the major oil companies responsible for the costs of responding to disasters that scientists are increasingly able to attribute to climate disruption and tie back to the fossil fuel industry,” Patrick Parenteau and John Dernbach write.
Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is threatening to sue news outlet Mississippi Today after its CEO claimed publicly to a national gathering of journalists and news leaders that her organization’s reporting had demonstrated that he “embezzled” millions in welfare dollars as part of a massive scandal involving the misuse of Temporary Assistance For Needy Families funds.
Attorney Malik Shabazz called for the prosecution of Rankin County deputies who he alleges stormed a house in Braxton, Miss., on Jan. 24, 2023, and executed a “90-minute long intimidation and torture session where excessive force was used gratuitously on the handcuffed men.”
Retired NFL star Brett Favre is suing Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, accusing the Republican official of “defamation” over comments he made related to Favre’s role in Mississippi’s ongoing welfare scandal.
“John Doe,” a Black former student of the UMMC School of Medicine, sued the school in 2021 on racial and sex discrimination allegations following his dismissal in 2019.
A group of Mississippi plaintiffs hoping to revive Mississippi’s citizen-led ballot initiative process took their case to federal court today.
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