Comments on: Scruggs indictment, days 3-4 https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/scruggs-indictment-days-3-4/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 22 May 2008 13:23:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alton https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/scruggs-indictment-days-3-4/comment-page-1/#comment-9727 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:23:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5602#comment-9727 What started all this again?

Oh yes, I remember – insurance companies were allegedly under paying hurricane damage claims, right?

I’ve been waiting, and so far, it appears the insurance companies have been found guilty of :

1. being insurance companies,

2. being unpopular (redundant, see # 1) and

3. having lots of money.

I would be interested in the results of a study, if one could be carried out, comparing the actual cash received by Katrina policyholders not represented by counsel, to those that were. I suspect the amounts are not far apart.

]]> By: Deoxy https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/scruggs-indictment-days-3-4/comment-page-1/#comment-9726 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:37:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5602#comment-9726 people may begin reevaluating “how this amazingly successful man got to be so amazingly successful.”

That was my first thought. Why did he think he could get away with it? Well, he always had before…

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/12/scruggs-indictment-days-3-4/comment-page-1/#comment-9725 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:19:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5602#comment-9725 …… “Here is a man who has had an enormous amount of success, who reached a level very few attorneys, if any, have reached. Why would he risk everything over a legal dispute over attorneys’ fees?”

Perhaps he was undone by sheer greed, in combination with an ego that has suffered far to few rebukes over the years. When you keep pushing to find where the boundaries are, eventually you will.

I’m both amazed and somewhat saddened that it has taken Mr. Scruggs this long to be brought down.

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