Scruggs, whose brother-in-law is Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., earned millions from asbestos litigation and from his role in brokering a multibillion dollar settlement with tobacco companies in the mid-1990s. After Katrina hit on Aug. 29, 2005, the Gulf Coast native sued insurers on behalf of hundreds of policyholders whose claims were denied after the storm.
Dickie must be one dumb lawyer. Should have added a charge of felonious stupidity.
He should have sat on the hundreds of millions he probably made earlier from the tobacco and asbestos settlements.
Trent Lott just resigned from the Senate. Makes a man wonder . . .
I think I see the problem. Things are done a little differently north of I-10.
MS Ping
A corrupt trial lawyer? Who would have thought!
I wonder if this figured into Lott’s resignation?
Was Scruggs the basis for a Grisham character in the Rainmaker,the Runaway Jury or The Firm? He seems to fit them all.