Notable Cases

Attorney Ed Taylor obtained a defense verdict for a local municipality regarding a claim that Plaintiff/truck driver was injured while employees of the City were unloading the trailer of his truck. Plaintiff had delivered a bundle of signposts to the City’s Public Works yard. A City employee was using a […]

Plaintiffs, sellers of a residential property, sued the buyer’s real estate company, broker, and agent after the buyer backed out of purchasing the Plaintiffs’ home. Plaintiffs alleged breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, negligence, and negligent instruction, training, and supervision of the buyer’s agent due to the failure of […]

The plaintiffs sued a local police chief, claiming that his alleged dereliction of duty allowed a dangerous individual to remain free and ultimately injure one individual and kill another in a shootout. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims, ruling that there […]

Plaintiffs sued the city under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act alleging that a local police officer acted with reckless disregard. The officer’s vehicle struck the plaintiffs’ vehicle while the officer was responding to an emergency call. The officer was operating his lights, siren, and air horn. Following a bench trial, […]