Insurance Law News
8/5/2008 9:19:28 AM EST
Anti-tobacco lawyer Scruggs reports to Ky. prison
ASHLAND, Ky. – (AP) Anti-tobacco lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs has reported to a federal prison in eastern Kentucky. Prison spokesman Larry E. Whitman says Scruggs entered a federal prison in Ashland at 11 a.m. EDT on August 1. He is beginning a five-year sentence for conspiring to bribe a judge with $50,000. Scruggs was one of two people to plead guilty to the charge. Prosecutors say Scruggs wanted a favorable ruling in a dispute over $26.5 million in legal fees from a settlement of Hurricane Katrina insurance cases. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.
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