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Hare Wynn lawyers win a $2.876 billion lawsuit against Richard Scrushy

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FORMER HEALTHSOUTH CEO RICHARD SCRUSHY FOUND LIABLE FOR FRAUD WHICH NEARLY DESTROYED THE COMPANY

Plaintiffs Awarded A Total of $2.876 Billion

Birmingham, Ala., June 18, 2009 - Today, Jefferson County Circuit Judge Allwin E. Horn III issued a Memorandum Opinion regarding Final Judgment Order against Defendant Richard M. Scrushy in favor of derivative plaintiffs Wade C. Tucker and the Wendell H. Cook, Sr. Testamentary Trust, John P. Cook Trustee.

Judge Horn found Richard M. Scrushy guilty of fraud and awarded the plaintiffs a total of $2.876 billion. The ruling also rescinded Richard Scrushy's employment agreement.

 

John W. Haley, lead counsel for the plaintiff's firm Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton said, "The ruling in this historic case is a shot across the bow for those who engage in corporate greed and fraud in our country. In fact, this is much more than a shot across the bow ... it is a full broadside and a tremendous victory for the shareholders of HealthSouth."

The plaintiff's team included lead counsel Haley and Ralph D. Cook, partners in Hare Wynn, Newell and Newton, attorneys Frank P. DiPrima and John Q. Somerville, of Galloway & Somerville. Firms in Delaware, San Francisco and Boston also served on the Tucker team.

Read the Final Judgment. 
Read the Memorandum Opinion.

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WBHM 90.3 NPR radio interview:

http://www.wbhm.org/News/2009/haley.m3u

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Updates

August 20,2009

Birmingham's Fox6 News has run a new story on the items missing from Scrushy's home. Read the story about Scrushy's lake house Assets.

 

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