I was tied up last week and had to let the blogging slip. The Mississippi Supreme Court has made the task of catching-up on their column easier with just one opinion over the last two weeks.
Bonus Content: The Attala County Courthouse looking great this morning.
May 7, 2026
Pryor v. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., 2025-CP-00354-SCT (Civil – Torts)
Affirming dismissal of a suit for emotional distress and malicious prosecution, holding that the statute of limitations began to run on the emotional distress claim when the alleged injury occurred and was not tolled until he was diagnosed with heart palpitations were diagnosed and the statute of limitations began to run on the malicious prosecution claim began to run when the charges were retired to the file not when the record was expunged.
(6-1-0: Coleman for the Court; King concurred in result only without writing)
Other Orders
- Saddler v. State, 2024-CT-00099-SCT (denying cert)
- Moody v. State, 2024-CT-00407-SCT (denying cert)
- North Sunflower Medical Center v. Keith, 2026-M-00135-SCT (denying interloc)
May 14, 2026
No opinions.
Other Orders
- In Re: Rules Governing Admission to The Mississippi Bar, 89-R-99012-SCT (appointing Matthew A. Baldridge to succeed Anthony R. Simon, deceased, as a member of the Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions for the balance of the term expiring on October 31, 2026)
- Bird v. Ladner, 2024-CT_00245-SCT (granting cert)
- Hodge v. Hodge, 2024-CT-00745-SCT (denying cert)
- Roley v. Roley, 2024-CT-01004-SCT (denying cert)
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