About James Wetzel
A 1979 graduate of the Mississippi College School of Law, Jim Wetzel decided to open his own law firm so he could serve his community. His goal was to help those who were wronged and who needed assistance obtaining financial compensation for their injuries. Mr. Wetzel has been named in the top 100 trial lawyers in Mississippi along with the top 100 litigation lawyers in Mississippi and has been recognized with other honors as well. He has spent 37 years as an active trial litigator and has focused primarily in state and federal courts for Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. Jim Wetzel is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Bar Association.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Wetzel Law Firm
These results are credited to Wetzel Law Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
William Joel Dixon, 28, an insulin-dependent diabetic, was held in the George County Regional Correctional Facility in Lucedale in September 2014. For seven days he got no insulin. The jail nurse, Carmon Sue Brannan, dismissed his worsening condition as methamphetamine withdrawal. He died on September 24, 2014 of diabetic ketoacidosis. Brannan was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years. In June 2022 George County agreed to pay his estate, his mother and his children $2,750,000.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
