Not so long ago, former Mississippi-based Richard “Dickie” Scruggs was one of the most powerful civil lawsuit attorneys in the country. In prison, he will be inmate No. 12734-042. Scruggs, 62, must report to a federal prison in Kentucky by …
An insurance company’s attorney suggested during a sworn deposition that former Mississippi U.S. Sen. Trent Lott urged witnesses to give false information in a Hurricane Katrina lawsuit, according to court records. The implication was made last week during a deposition …
Convicted Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and his son want to prevent their sworn testimony in a Hurricane Katrina lawsuit from becoming public and “undermining the presumption of innocence” if they face criminal charges in the future. Scruggs and his …
Nationwide and Allstate will insure homes along the Mississippi coast where the current insurer decided not to renew policies, officials said. The State Farm Insurance action involves 892 policies within 1,000 feet of Mississippi Gulf Coast waters, an area devastated …
A federal judge on Monday dismissed claims of fraud in a key Hurricane Katrina lawsuit that accused State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. of using different engineering reports to deny a Mississippi couple’s insurance policy after the storm. The ruling …
In Mississippi, at least two people have died, dozens of farms and houses have been affected by flooding and the Mississippi River is still rising. The river is not expected to crest until this weekend at levels not seen in …
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. wants a federal judge to sanction two sisters who secretly copied Hurricane Katrina claims documents and gave them to a Mississippi lawyer whose clients were suing the company. Cori and Kerri Rigsby copied thousands …
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he would not have met with two men now entangled in a judicial bribery case had he known they were allegedly paid $500,000 to try to influence his investigation of an insurance company’s handling …
A lawyer accused of trying to bribe a judge also paid two associates $500,000 to convince Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood not to file criminal charges against an insurance company over its handling of Hurricane Katrina claims, according to an …
The Mississippi attorney general’s office says it plans to pay $1 million in settlement money that was pledged to charities nearly a year ago after a deal was struck with State Farm Fire and Casualty Cos. Boys and Girls Club …
