On July 25, 2017, Karl R. Steinberger was one of several speakers at the Mississippi Municipal Attorneys’ Conference, which was held in conjunction with the Mississippi Municipal Association Convention at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, MS. His topic was Unemployment Issues Particularly Affecting Municipalities. Speaking to a group of over one hundred attorneys, Steinberger addressed…
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a summary judgement for the firm’s client in the Emerald Coast v. BancorpSouth Insurance Services case. The trial and appeal proceedings were handled by firm attorneys, Jimmy Heidelberg and April McDonald, and dealt with a significant case regarding the duty of insurance agencies in Mississippi. The Plaintiff’s…
I was recently asked to advise a specialty welding company in the oil-gas industry that had a run of work accidents to its employees (including one severe injury) whether it could forgo purchasing workers’ compensation insurance altogether and go “naked.” The company faced ever-increasing premiums for workers’ compensation coverage and an exclusion from bidding with…