The Mississippi Supreme Court handed down one opinion today. It is a civil statute-of-limitations case that split the Court 6-3 on whether a subrogation claim accrued on the date a fire started or the date it was extinguished and the cause could be assessed.
Western World Ins. Group v. KC Welding, LLC, 2022-CA-00527-SCT (Civil – Contract)
Affirming the circuit court’s decision granting a motion to dismiss a subrogation claim on statute of limitations grounds, holding that where a fire at an industrial woodchip manufacturer started on July 12 after welding was done to repair the door of a box containing woodchips, and was extinguished five to six hours later on July 13, the cause of action accrued on July 12 because the fire was not a latent injury .
(6-3: Kitchens dissented, joined by King and Griffis)
Other Orders
In Re: Rules Governing Admission to The Mississippi Bar, 89-R-99012-SCT (reappointing Anthony R. Simon, Kristopher A. Powell, and Joseph D. Neyman, Jr. to three-year terms (11/1/23 through 10/31/26) as members of the Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions)
In Re: Judicial Election Oversight Committee, 2021-M-01306-SCT (reappointing Hon. Edward E. Patten, Jr., Paul P. Blake, and Thomas A. Wicker as members of the Judicial Election Oversight Committee for new four-year terms)
Hope v. State, 2022-CT-00031-SCT (denying cert)
Arlington Properties, Inc. v. Rudd, 2023-M-00382-SCT (denying petition for interlocutory appeal)
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