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QUINN - Scruggs and others sued by Derak Wyatt … 123-PAGE COMPLAINT/ATTACHMENTS HERE

QUINN - Scruggs and others sued by Derak Wyatt ... 123-PAGE COMPLAINT/ATTACHMENTS HERE

Here is the complaint

OXFORD — Dickie Scruggs and others are being sued in Lafayette County Circuit Court because his attempted bribery allegedly caused the disqualification of a Jackson lawyer from Hurricane Katrina lawsuits.

The lawyer, Derek Wyatt, charges in the suit that Scruggs, David Nutt and Mary McAlister refused to pay him the full amount of a joint-venture agreement. Wyatt also asserts their alleged illegal and unethical practices led to his disqualification from Katrina cases.

Wyatt's lawsuit, filed under seal April 16, was recently released.

Wyatt says he began working for the Ridgeland law firm of Nutt and McAlister after being offered 10 percent of any Katrina settlement money, which totaled about $1.11 million. But he said he was paid only a $100,000 per year salary.

"Motivated by insatiable greed, McAlister and Nutt reasoned that taking (Wyatt's) fee share would boost their own shares," wrote Wyatt's Jackson attorney, Michael Simmons.

Nutt already has a lawsuit pending in Madison County Chancery Court asking that a judge decides if Nutt owes any money to Wyatt.

The Lafayette County complaint alleges a judge's disqualification order nullified two years' work by Wyatt in about 465 State Farm cases.

Clarion-Ledger
5/22/9

Posted May 21, 2009 - 11:23 pm

4 Comments:

Kudos to our man Paul Quinn who sourced this. It’s a long read, but worth it. We continue to learn little tidbits about the Rigsby gals and how their “consulting” money was paid out.

Also, the underlying theme of Scruggs screwing his cohorts seems to be underlined again. Let’s see how many suits we can name of Scruggs in dispute with partners.

Luckey v.
Wilson v.
Jones v.
Wilson v. 2.0
Wyatt v.
Scruggs v. Zuckerman Spaeder (over payment of Rigsby gals legal fees)

Are there others?

Posted by Alan on 05-22-2009 at 06:05 AM [link]

Alan: Don’t get the big head here, because I sure wouldn’t want you or the YPers thinking I’m a suck-up to the editor. That said, I’m going on the record to announce that of all the blogs I frequent (and the fly gets around, let me tell you) YP is THE most user-friendly and easy to navigate. No offense to NMC. Clearly, he works his butt off to offer up some serious in-depth comment. But, just between you and me (please don’t go telling NMC), fly can’t find s*** over there. Just yesterday, NMC comes out with a dandy story on the Derek Wyatt complaint. He cites from it, refers to page numbers in it, and even tosses out some tantalizing analysis. So, naturally, I’m salivating for a peep at the damn thing. Can’t find it anywhere. Not up, down, backwards, forwards. Not by tags, searches, or any other means. I log in YP just now to see what’s going on, and - VOILA - here’s the Derek Wyatt Complaint, front and center. Should you betray my confidence, I’d appreciate your sugar-coating it with the fact that I’ve got about 2 synapses firing on a good day and my ineptitude over at his place is on me, not him. I’ll take it on as a challenge and, who knows, if I take my medication on a half-ass basis, I just might master that circuitous maze. Later.

Posted by fly13 on 05-22-2009 at 11:12 AM [link]

Alan, see anything happening on this case?

Posted by Just Me on 06-05-2009 at 10:21 AM [link]

Can anyone elaborate on all the lawyers involved with the Scruggs civil suit or suits. It is rumored a whole pile of Delta lawyers are working trying to free Scruggs from some more of his money by representing him. He does have the right to legal council.

Posted by law2b on 08-20-2009 at 01:57 PM [link]

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