Mississippi jury award News

A Jasper County, Miss., jury has awarded a couple $36 million in lawsuit stemming from a 2010 accident at an oil field. The Chronicle reports that the jury verdict came Aug. 14. The verdict was recorded in the circuit clerk’s …

Conoco Phillips Corp. has appealed a $15.2 million jury award to an oil and well drilling worker who claimed have gotten lung disease from exposure to asbestos. The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case on Jan. …