I've worked in asbestos law. Asbestos plaintiffs attorneys are strange, strange people.

Hence, I'm sure I'll get a kick out of these replies.

Well, no wonder Lott retired early. Scruggs is his brother in law and is connected to the other dorks in this mess. story.

And I wonder if any of Scruggs' other cases were "influenced"?

I also wonder if some of the other lawyers in the firm sold him out or set him up because they felt like they were getting the shaft on fees? story

These replies? Do you mean yours and mine?

Summa Crapologica: I've worked in asbestos law. Asbestos plaintiffs attorneys are strange, strange people.

Hence, I'm sure I'll get a kick out of these replies.

Hey! There are some who are honest. And by "some" I mean 2.

Enjoy prison, Dickhead.

Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the legendary trial lawyer who made Big Business tremble every time he set foot in court, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to bribe a judge -- a crime that could send him to prison and spell the end of his storied legal career.


I doubt this was the first time he tried bribery to win a case. This is just the first time he got caught.

His close buddy Luther Scott Harshbarger must be so proud. And scared.

Makes you wonder how many judges he bribed to get where he is.

Ah, a place to sit, relax, and contemplate on what you've done...

Ha ha!

I'm glad this guy finally got caught. BTW, John Grisham made almost as much money writing books about him as he did! What will Grisham write about now?

/MS native

any legal farkers know if this could jeopardize previous judgments he has won?

For those born in the last 5 minutes - the "King of Torts" was Melvin Belli (see him as the "Friendly Angel" in Star Trek).

So he does a little time, he'll be eating veal and truffles. The residuals will be coming for decades, so this may just be vacation.

I guess they should just sentence him now since everyone has already decided he's guilty...

snarkyfarky: So he does a little time, he'll be eating veal and truffles. The residuals will be coming for decades, so this may just be vacation.

I'm pretty sure he'll be disbarred (if he hasn't been already). And everyone who ever lost a case to him will be looking to find a way to reopen that case and investigate to make sure he didn't bribe a judge or opposing council to win the case.

tripperday: I guess they should just sentence him now since everyone has already decided he's guilty...

Well, yeah, they should, since he pled farking guilty.

FTFA: Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the legendary trial lawyer who made Big Business tremble every time he set foot in court, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to bribe a judge

snarkyfarky: So he does a little time, he'll be eating veal and truffles. The residuals will be coming for decades, so this may just be vacation.

Except he just killed his golden goose career by getting disbarred on a felony. You just don't do that. I also suspect this case is the tip of the iceberg. You might see his whole house of cards come down.

Summa Crapologica: I've worked in asbestos law. Asbestos plaintiffs attorneys are strange, strange people.

Hence, I'm sure I'll get a kick out of these replies.

I've worked on both sides of asbestos law and I've worked with and known lots of law talker people in my time. Trust me, almost all lawyers are odd people. More of them are good people than most farkers will give them credit for though. I've seen a hell of a lot of generosity in law offices when it comes to charity and just general kindness.

Ah, his son is also charged in the case.

I've seen this episode, somehow he's doing it to help his son, and then the FBI agents are going to swoop in in the final scene.

A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he is one of the school's largest donors. The music department building at Ole Miss bears his name.

Here I thought it was named after Earl Scruggs, the man who made three finger banjo pickin' popular. You know, of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs fame? Foggy Mountain Breakdown? What? Of course it's popular. Especially in the hillbilly states.

Why the heck would you name a music building after a lawyer?

As a doctor, I know a special place in hell is reserved for this douchebag!!!

I used to be an asbestos abatement inspector.

/Who cares.

The lawyer's animus was unremarkable.

BlueJay206: snarkyfarky: So he does a little time, he'll be eating veal and truffles. The residuals will be coming for decades, so this may just be vacation.

Except he just killed his golden goose career by getting disbarred on a felony. You just don't do that. I also suspect this case is the tip of the iceberg. You might see his whole house of cards come down.

Feh. He'll probably do some time, and get his license back after a few years, after passing a few dollars and slapping a few backs. Mississippi isn't called a "litigation shiathole" for nothing.

I'll just wait for the Law & Order episode based on a true story, of course, to get the facts. Until then, I can only assume that its all speculation.

© whitherhenceforth to wit

Rat: I'll just wait for the Law & Order episode based on a true story, of course, to get the facts. Until then, I can only assume that its all speculation.

I love it when the L&O episodes come out and they are TEN TIMES MORE DRAMATIC AND SUSPENSEFUL.

Makes me wish you could hear CHUNG CHUNG in the background of real life for no reason.

Summa Crapologica: Asbestos plaintiffs attorneys are strange, strange people.

How do they compare to mold attorneys, in general? I met one if those a few years ago and let's just say the paranoia ran deep.

Science H. Logic, what a douchebag.

The worst thing is this hurts all the people who had legitimate Katrina lawsuits against insurance companies.

Rodeodoc: A graduate of the University of Mississippi, he is one of the school's largest donors. The music department building at Ole Miss bears his name.

Here I thought it was named after Earl Scruggs, the man who made three finger banjo pickin' popular. You know, of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs fame? Foggy Mountain Breakdown? What? Of course it's popular. Especially in the hillbilly states.

Why the heck would you name a music building after a lawyer?

Because he couldn't afford the law building?

Sique: Ah, his son is also charged in the case.

I've seen this episode, somehow he's doing it to help his son, and then the FBI agents are going to swoop in in the final scene.

Boiler Room?

He'll get a country club prison (if that).

Ok, my question. Only 50k? Come on now. You can do better than that.

BlueJay206 Except he just killed his golden goose career by getting disbarred on a felony.

Don't cry for him, he's got at least a few hundred million in the bank.

Bestbank Tiger The worst thing is this hurts all the people who had legitimate Katrina lawsuits against insurance companies

You mean the people who didn't buy flood insurance and then sued for their loss in the flood?

Yeah well... he shouldn't have done that.

tripperday: I guess they should just sentence him now since everyone has already decided he's guilty...

I'm not usually one to rush to judgment, but when someone pleads guilty in a deal to get other charges dismissed, I think it's a pretty safe bet that person is guilty.

FTFA: In return for Scruggs' guilty plea, prosecutors will recommend that the judge drop several other counts against him, including fraud.

This on the heels of Melvyn I. Weiss' downfall. What scumbags.

"You mean the people who didn't buy flood insurance and then sued for their loss in the flood?"

I do see this as a little tricky. If your insurance will cover hurricane wind damage and the water is pushed in by the wind...

Ambulance chasing parasitic extortionists are corrupt?????

Wowzers. Color me shocked.

50k is why the judge turned him in. Cheap bastard

Bestbank Tiger: The worst thing is this hurts all the people who had legitimate Katrina lawsuits against insurance companies.

They've received a mass settlement.

The bribe was over attorneys fees amongst sharks who litigated successfully.

That's some greed there.

tomhath: BlueJay206 Except he just killed his golden goose career by getting disbarred on a felony.

Don't cry for him, he's got at least a few hundred million in the bank.

Bestbank Tiger The worst thing is this hurts all the people who had legitimate Katrina lawsuits against insurance companies

You mean the people who didn't buy flood insurance and then sued for their loss in the flood?

I think he means the people who had Flood ins... but the Insurance companies claimed broke
/hates Lawyers

NO!

REALLY??????

Lawyers suing over Tobacco and Asbestos would file lawsuites just to make money?????

IT CAN'T BE SO!

just in case anyone was wondering.....American Juries who can destroy industries are STUPID.....mostly because the majority of them don't have jobs....ok, sorry, they don't have educations!!!!!

dumbasses....

filth: Summa Crapologica: I've worked in asbestos law. Asbestos plaintiffs attorneys are strange, strange people.

Hence, I'm sure I'll get a kick out of these replies.

Hey! There are some who are honest. And by "some" I mean 2.

Enjoy prison, Dickhead.

Is is even possible to have an asbestos flamewar?

/just wondering.

Philbb: tripperday: I guess they should just sentence him now since everyone has already decided he's guilty...

I'm not usually one to rush to judgment, but when someone pleads guilty in a deal to get other charges dismissed, I think it's a pretty safe bet that person is guilty.

Actually, lots of times criminals please guilty to a whole pile of stuff just to get it out of the way, or in order to get stuff dropped. Even when they didn't do it. It's unethical for a lawyer to let his client plead guilty to something he didn't do... but it happens all the time because quite often it's the best outcome. It gets the trial over with, judge factors it in to a reduced sentence, and he doesn't get more time for all the extras (where sentences run concurrent)

Downside is it screws things up come time for parole when the board asks him about crimes, X, Y and Z, and he says I didn't actually do Z. I just plead guilty.

Course, in the case he's pleading because he did it and they have him dead to rights.

/can't see them reopening old cases
//even though they probably should

Danger Avoid Death 2008-03-23 03:53:40 PM

Is is even possible to have an asbestos flamewar?

No, but it's worth pointing out that LAWYERS will use ignorant, unejumicated, STUPID jurors to receive UNDESERVED settlements for bogus lawsuits.

tomhath,

Many of the people who thought they had flood insurance coverage were told by their insurance agents that hurricanes, water, flood, etc. damage was covered by their policies.

In Mississippi, insurance agents have pretty much free reign to commit outright fraud because the wonderful MS Supreme Court has ruled that insureds have a duty to read and understand their insurance policies despite what they are told by the insurance agents.

While this sounds logical at first glance, most insurance policies are written such that a team of lawyers are needed to decipher the meaning, or are written in ambiguous terms.

spiderbarks: This on the heels of Melvyn I. Weiss' downfall. What scumbags.

"You mean the people who didn't buy flood insurance and then sued for their loss in the flood?"

I do see this as a little tricky. If your insurance will cover hurricane wind damage and the water is pushed in by the wind...

It's not tricky at all. Just remember the first rule of insurance: Insurance covers everything except what actually happens.

Danger Avoid Death 2008-03-23 04:12:55 PM
spiderbarks: This on the heels of Melvyn I. Weiss' downfall. What scumbags.

"You mean the people who didn't buy flood insurance and then sued for their loss in the flood?"

I do see this as a little tricky. If your insurance will cover hurricane wind damage and the water is pushed in by the wind...

It's not tricky at all. Just remember the first rule of insurance: Insurance covers everything except what actually happens.


I'm curious, you speak as though you spent a LOT of time working in the insurance industry so I must ask on behalf of everyone reading your " expert " opinion..... how many days have you worked in the insurance industry?

and with which company did you work?????

Well???????

We're all waiting to hear your qualifications that justifies your " insurance cred "

Danger Avoid Death 2008-03-23 04:12:55 PM

I'm curious, you speak as though you spent a LOT of time working in the insurance industry so I must ask on behalf of everyone reading your " expert " opinion..... how many days have you worked in the insurance industry?


And......all I hear are crickets....why am I not surprised????

Come on mister " Insurance expert "

Fill us all in on why people should be paid for coverage they never paid for......

we're ALL waiting.

eff ewe: Ah, a place to sit, relax, and contemplate on what you've done...

And a slight modification to his name to go with it: Richard 'Dickie' 'Dickee' Scruggs

Bestbank Tiger: Science H. Logic....i>

You don't say that in public - do you?

As a University of Mississippi student, and a recipient of the Scruggs / Nutt scholarship, an academic scholarship, i'm really getting a kick...

Don't agree with a lot of what he's done in court, but the few times i've spoken with him he's actually a decent guy.