Synchronicity scheduled to strike Scruggs on Feb. 25
Indicted trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs might soon have to find a way to appear in two places at the same time.
Scruggs received a subpoena Friday ordering him to testify during the Feb. 25 trial of one of the more well-known Hurricane Katrina lawsuits against State Farm Insurance Cos., the same day he is scheduled to go on trial for allegedly attempting to bribe a state judge.
The two trials are 331 miles apart.
“You are commanded to appear in the United States district court at the place, date and time specified below to testify in the above case,” says the subpoena, which can be viewed here.
Scruggs, his son Zach (also facing bribery charges) and attorney John Jones each were told to be present at the trial of Thomas and Pamela McIntosh, who allege that State Farm misrepresented the amount of damage done to their home by wind (covered by State Farm’s policy) and water (covered by a federal program).
The McIntosh trial starts at 10 a.m. Scruggs’ is scheduled to start at 9 a.m., though it already has been postponed from Jan. 22 in order to allow his defense team time to gather and inspect the evidence federal prosecutors say they have.
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