Special prosecutors charged prominent attorney Richard F. Scruggs and his firm with criminal contempt Tuesday in a Hurricane Katrina insurance dispute. Judge William Acker ruled in June that Scruggs "willfully violated" a preliminary injunction that required him to deliver "all documents" about State Farm Insurance that two whistleblowers copied after Katrina. Instead, Acker said Scruggs sent the documents to the Mississippi AG's office to ensure "noncompliance with or avoidance" of the injunction.
August 23, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Special prosecutors charged prominent Mississippi attorney Richard F. Scruggs and his law firm with criminal contempt Tuesday in a Hurricane Katrina insurance dispute.
A motion to summon Scruggs and the Scruggs Law Firm was also filed Tuesday by the prosecutors, who requested that the court schedule an arraignment in the contempt of court case.
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