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A Mississippi man answered routine requests for admission thirteen days late and lost his entire case. Every statement was deemed admitted and the other side won without a trial. Here is the deadline trap that quietly destroys winnable cases.
A Mississippi worker hurt his shoulder on the job but left it off his first intake form. A year and a half later he tried to claim it, and four doctors and the Commission said no. Here is why your first workers comp injury report decides the whole case.
A Mississippi man went to the ER with chest pains and was sent home with anxiety pills. He died of a heart attack hours later. Here is how an emergency room misdiagnosis case survives summary judgment under the loss of chance doctrine.
A Leake County deputy ran a red light at eighty seven miles an hour and hit an innocent driver. The court still put most of the fault on the fleeing suspect who never touched her. Here is how a Mississippi police chase accident splits the blame.
A Mississippi sponge-left-behind case was rock solid on the merits and still nearly died on a missed ninety day deadline. Here is the medical malpractice deadline trap, and the two rules that saved the claim.
A Mississippi worker won his injury award and still spent years fighting to be paid, then learned the carrier got credit for money already paid. Here is the workers comp trap that quietly eats your benefits.
A crane operator won lifetime longshore benefits, the case closed, and everyone moved on. Years later it got reopened and the entire bill changed hands. Here is how to reopen a longshore claim, and why the carrier prays you never learn it can be done.
A Mississippi family had a real fatal wreck case and still lost on summary judgment, because the proof was never built and the expert got thrown out. Here is how a car wreck expert witness sinks a case, and how to stop it.
A longshore mechanic moved to lighter work to save his injured neck and took a pay cut to do it. The judge averaged in his old heavy duty paychecks and said he lost nothing. Here is the longshore wage earning capacity fight that decides the money.
A longshore worker died with two pending claims against his employer. His family spent years trying to prove who had the right to pursue them. The employer moved to dismiss. Here is how a longshore death claim gets killed on procedure instead of the merits.
A Mississippi family lost a wife and mother and never got a jury, because of a legal shield that traces back to the king of England. Here is how government immunity works.
The employer filed the right form and forgot to serve the injured worker. A ten percent penalty under the Longshore Act followed. The employer tried to kill it with a Supreme Court ruling and failed. Here is the rule the TV lawyer never reads.
