The Scruggs Saga (Cont’d)
August 26, 2008
Fortune magazine’s Roger Parloff takes an in-depth look at the campaign by Mississippi tort king Dickie Scruggs to destroy State Farm with a barrage of Hurricane Katrina-related lawsuits and efforts by State Farm to fight back against Scruggs’ underhanded tactics. (Hat tip: Y’All Politics)
“State Farm now alleges that Scruggs manufactured portions of his case against State Farm; induced State Farm insiders to violate their contractural duties; illegally broke into State Farm’s password-protected computer database; tampered with his own witnesses’ or clients’ computers to destroy evidence; compensated witnesses in unethical ways; violated one court’s injunction; and violated another court’s confidentiality orders.”
Scruggs currently resides in federal prison after pleading guilty to bribing a Mississippi judge. Parloff reports that a federal grand jury is now investigating whether Scruggs bribed a second judge. With this new round of alleged illegal activities, the Scruggs Saga promises to continue in Mississippi for years and years.