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November 13, 2009

Scruggs’ ruling overturned

Scruggs’ ruling overturned Justice David A. Chandler, writing in the 5-2 decision, said the trial judge erred because Scruggs’ “wrongful actions did not occur in the ordinary course of SKG business.” “The record aptly demonstrates that the scope of SKG’s business did not contemplate an attempted bribery of the trial judge. This unauthorized criminal act…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 13, 2009

Fraud suit against Dickie Scruggs settled

Fraud suit against Scruggs settled A settlement has been reached in a long-running fraud lawsuit filed against Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, the once powerful anti-tobacco litigator who is now behind bars, an attorney says. William Roberts Wilson, Jr., of Tuscaloosa, Ala., first sued Scruggs in 1994, accusing the Mississippi attorney of cheating him out of millions…