The Sun-Herald reports on State Farm’s latest salvo in its ongoing battle with Dickie Scruggs & Co. in south Mississippi:
State Farm on Tuesday filed a motion asking that a judge disqualify Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and members of his Scruggs Katrina Group from representing a Biloxi couple suing over Hurricane Katrina damage. The company says Scruggs is using records “pilfered” from the insurer to further his case.
“Our position is that Scruggs has shown a blatant disregard for the rules that govern the fairness and the ethics of both Mississippi and the federal government’s judicial systems,” State Farm spokesman Fraser Engerman said Tuesday afternoon.
This follows in the wake of an Alabama judge seeking to find Scruggs in contempt over alleged mishandling of documents he obtained from State Farm through questionable means.
David Rossmiller has a lengthy post up at Insurance Coverage Blog going into more detail, complete with a reference to the uncharacteristic amount of glee being exhibited by State Farm with this motion.
Who said that insurance claims work is boring?
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1 Scruggs Katrina Group’s Latest Salvo | Mike The Actuary’s Musings // 6 Nov 2007 at 11:31 pm
[...] a couple of entertaining developments in the war of Dickie Scruggs versus State Farm. First, State Farm sought to have Scruggs disqualified from participating in a Katrina suit over misconduct arising from their handling of confidential files from State Farm. Then, we [...]