Insurance Law

Judge scolds Scruggs over attempts to avoid State Farm deposition: I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you

By David Rossmiller

Dickie Scruggs being accused by a judge of engaging in tactical delays in litigation? Come on, judge, don't you know who you are talking about here?  This is one of the most noted litigation entrepreneurs in all the land!  Why, accusing him of tactical delays is like alleging that he would violate a judicial order to return documents by playing a game of keep-away with Jim Hood, or of making arrangements to pay material witnesses $150,000 a year for no-show jobs, witnesses who were supposed to be the keys to a federal grand jury, a state grand jury, a "whistleblower" lawsuit alleging massive insurer fraud and numerous Katrina bad faith cases.  I mean, what will they say next, that Scruggs participated in a conspiracy to bribe a judge or some other crazy charge like that?

Full post as published by Insurance Coverage Law Blog on February 04, 2008 (boomark / email).