Comments on: The real news from the ongoing investigation http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:40:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: tortfeasor http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-64131 tortfeasor Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-64131 Lotus- I was not sure where to put this comment. Check out Dick's quote to the reporter for The Times. From The New York Times article: "A Lawyer Like A Hurricane" March 16, 2007; ..... Mr. Scruggs completed negotiations on settlements with State Farm worth at least $130 million, setting the pattern, many insurance experts said, for resolving hundreds of other cases and potentially providing hundreds of millions of dollars for rebuilding along the coast. Mr. Scruggs conceded he has used “every trick in the book” to gain advantage over the insurers. Lotus- I was not sure where to put this comment. Check out Dick’s quote to the reporter for The Times.

From The New York Times article: “A Lawyer Like A Hurricane” March 16, 2007;
….. Mr. Scruggs completed negotiations on settlements with State Farm worth at least $130 million, setting the pattern, many insurance experts said, for resolving hundreds of other cases and potentially providing hundreds of millions of dollars for rebuilding along the coast.

Mr. Scruggs conceded he has used “every trick in the book” to gain advantage over the insurers.

]]> By: Ben Cole http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63988 Ben Cole Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:05:54 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63988 About the only names missing here are Jack Abramoff and Karl Rove, and if they were added to this saga tomorrow, I'd be no more surprised than if the Sun rose in the East and set in the West. There's a lot more yet to be told (no pun intended there). Paul Quinn: you are uniquely positioned to turn all this into one helluva book. About the only names missing here are Jack Abramoff and Karl Rove, and if they were added to this saga tomorrow, I’d be no more surprised than if the Sun rose in the East and set in the West. There’s a lot more yet to be told (no pun intended there).

Paul Quinn: you are uniquely positioned to turn all this into one helluva book.

]]> By: ThirdSouth http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63983 ThirdSouth Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:50:24 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63983 All I know is that Hood turned pink, then crimson, them purple, with sweat pouring off like rain, in Judge Bramlette's court, when he was cross-examined about that meeting with Patterson and Balcucci. Now that Patterson and Balducci have taken their lumps, he may be way nervous about what they're inclined to tell the Grand Jury next week. All I know is that Hood turned pink, then crimson, them purple, with sweat pouring off like rain, in Judge Bramlette’s court, when he was cross-examined about that meeting with Patterson and Balcucci. Now that Patterson and Balducci have taken their lumps, he may be way nervous about what they’re inclined to tell the Grand Jury next week.

]]> By: dd511dd http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63960 dd511dd Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:55:06 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63960 Guess it's easy to speculate and throw around names but I'm not sure it is the right thing to do. Let's wait and see what we see. I'd be very surprised if this touches Moore, Hood or Lott. Guess it’s easy to speculate and throw around names but I’m not sure it is the right thing to do. Let’s wait and see what we see. I’d be very surprised if this touches Moore, Hood or Lott.

]]> By: barfly http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63959 barfly Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:37:47 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63959 Finally - the first non-rumor indication that the investigation is on-going. Finally – the first non-rumor indication that the investigation is on-going.

]]> By: tortfeasor http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63886 tortfeasor Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:39:13 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63886 Catfish, don't forget asbestos. I think you are spot on. It seems like I remember reading about a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York investigating the asbestos litigation a while back. Catfish, don’t forget asbestos. I think you are spot on. It seems like I remember reading about a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York investigating the asbestos litigation a while back.

]]> By: Catfish Bob http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63881 Catfish Bob Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:33:27 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63881 Anyone out there think that this could reach so far back in time as to grab Ron Motley and crew from the tobacco case? Anyone out there think that this could reach so far back in time as to grab Ron Motley and crew from the tobacco case?

]]> By: countryboy http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63880 countryboy Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:23:04 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63880 P.L. Blake? P.L. Blake?

]]> By: Al D Huez http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63877 Al D Huez Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:12:22 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63877 It is Biden. It is Biden.

]]> By: OleMissTrialLawyer http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63873 OleMissTrialLawyer Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:51:18 +0000 http://www.folo.us/2009/02/13/the-real-news-from-the-ongoing-investigation/#comment-63873 Y'all are all over the place this afternoon. I don't think this one is all that hard to figure out: 1. If Peters was going to be indicted on the "Scruggs II" deal, it would have happened already. 2. "A matter involving Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter" could be Eaton, Kirk, or Middleton. 3. Eaton seems to be the one with the most players involved and the longest paper trail. Thoughts? Y’all are all over the place this afternoon. I don’t think this one is all that hard to figure out:

1. If Peters was going to be indicted on the “Scruggs II” deal, it would have happened already.

2. “A matter involving Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter” could be Eaton, Kirk, or Middleton.

3. Eaton seems to be the one with the most players involved and the longest paper trail.

Thoughts?

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