Mississippi Injury Lawyer Blog

An insurance company wants to remove former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz from a lawsuit involving Paul Minor, an imprisoned former attorney.

Diaz is Minor's lawyer in a $12.5M suit brought by USF&G Insurance Company.  According to USF&G, Diaz may be called as a witness and therefore cannot represent Minor.

Diaz, Minor, and two other former judges Wes Teel and John Whitfield were indicted on charges of corruption in 2003.  Minor, Teel, and Whitfield were convicted while Diaz was acquitted.  Additionally, USF&G claims that a corrupt deal between Minor and Teel led to a previous $1.5M payout.

The Thanksgiving holiday in Mississippi has been a safe one this year. According to Ray Hall, a Mississippi Highway Patrolman, only one person has been killed out of 99 accidents statewide during the Wednesday through Saturday holiday weekend.  The death occurred in Adams County on Thanksgiving Day.

Of the 99 statewide accidents, Hall said only four were alcohol related. An additional twenty-nine people were arrested for DUI.

The troopers also assisted several stranded motorists, due in part to the cold, rainy weather, he said.