State Farm demands statement sent to Scruggs
Claiming that an attorney for the former Scruggs Katrina Group won’t oblige, State Farm Insurance Cos. filed an emergency motion Monday to obtain information provided from an engineer to indicted trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs.
State Farm filed the emergency motion because Brian Ford, a former engineer at Forensic Analysis and Engineering Co. who performed property damage assessments for State Farm after Hurricane Katrina, is scheduled to be deposed Friday.
Ford performed the analysis on the home of Thomas and Pamela McIntosh, whose case against State Farm has become one of the most followed.
“Mr. Ford, through his attorney, has given authorization to Plaintiffs’ counsel, Derek Wyatt, to produce to State Farm the statement taken by Mr. (Darren) Versiga,” the memorandum says.
“Thus, State Farm has the same right to Mr. Ford’s statement as does Mr. Ford. State Farm has requested the statement taken by Mr. Versiga several times from Plaintiffs’ counsel, Derek Wyatt, and as recently as Jan. 2.
“And as recently as this afternoon… Mr. Wyatt, rather than producing the statement, asks State Farm to look elsewhere.”
Legal Newsline
1/8/8
Magnolia Tribune
