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Will Tort Caps in Mississippi Stand?

Jake Adams — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:50:34 +0000

The Mississippi Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Sears v. Learmonth case yesterday, where the Court will eventually rule whether tort reform is constitutional. For a full report on what happened at oral arguments check out Philip Thomas’s blog. At the end of his post Thomas predicts that the caps will stand. I’ll be surprised if he’s wrong.

Hinds County Jury Returns $750,000.00 Verdict in Nursing Home Wrongful Death Case

Jake Adams — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:12:09 +0000

I am proud to report that myself along with Eric Stracener and Andrew Neely represented the Plaintiff in this Wrongful Death Nursing Home case featured on the Mississippi Litigation Review Blog. To read more click here.

- Jake Adams

Estates in the News

Jake Adams — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:47:04 +0000

A couple estates have been in the news recently.

Mississippi native Steve McNair’s wife recently filed an inventory in his estate. According to the inventory, the estate’s estimated value is $19.6 million. I’m curious how much legal fees have been incurred by McNair’s failure to leave a Will. An inventory is often waived in a Will. Since McNair died intestate (without a will) his administrator, in this case his wife, was required to provide an inventory to the court. In an estate the size of McNair’s, this was probably costly, or at the very least time consuming.

Also in the news is the battle among Martin Luther King, Jr.’s heirs. I’ll bet Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the great men in our country’s history, never dreamed his family would fight over his estate one day. This is yet another example of the importance planning your estate. Who says probate isn’t interesting?