Jay Reeves

June 16, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - Shareholder attorneys and Richard Scrushy met behind closed doors Monday as the fired HealthSouth Corp. chief executive began what could be days of sworn testimony in civil lawsuits over the fraud that nearly wrecked the company he founded.Scrushy repeatedly has denied any involvement in the $2.

By JAY REEVES

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May 01, 2008 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - A judge threw out the $5 million verdict an Alabama football fan won in his lawsuit accusing the NCAA of slander, ruling in a decision made public Wednesday that jurors were swayed by prejudice.Circuit Judge William Gordon granted the NCAA's request for a new trial in a lawsuit filed by timber dealer Ray Keller.

By JAY REEVES

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September 11, 2012 | Daily Report Online

An ex-professor pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally shooting three colleagues and wounding three others during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2010, court officials said.

By Jay Reeves

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February 14, 2012 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - A dream honeymoon to scuba dive on Australia's Great Barrier Reef turned into a terrible nightmare, and the horror is about to play out years later in a courtroom in Alabama.An Alabama man who already served prison time in Australia after pleading guilty to a reduced charged in the death of his bride goes to trial Monday, accused of murdering her for insurance money.

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February 27, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By JAY REEVES

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March 27, 2007 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - Rehabilitation chain HealthSouth Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell its surgery division for about $920 million in cash plus a stake in the surgery business, its second major divestiture this year as it restructures after a major financial scandal. Its shares climbed more than 7 percent in premarket trading.

By Jay Reeves

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September 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By JAY REEVES

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May 15, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP - Fired HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy left the company in a mess after investigators uncovered a massive accounting scam at the rehabilitation company, a corporate restructuring expert said.Attorneys who filed a civil lawsuit against Scrushy read deposition testimony Thursday from turnaround specialist Bryan Marsal in court.

By JAY REEVES

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June 09, 2008 | National Law Journal

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood wrongly conspired with prominent trial attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs to skirt a court order in a case involving Hurricane Katrina insurance claims, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge William Acker said the attorney general helped his "close confidant" Scruggs avoid handing over stolen insurance company documents that Scruggs wanted for lawsuits against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. The judge cited Scruggs and two whistleblowers for civil contempt.

By Jay Reeves

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September 12, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Jay Reeves

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