BIRMINGHAM, Ala. AP – Richard Scrushy’s federal criminal trial, which ended in his acquittal, was an entertaining, white-collar whodunit with everything from a courtroom prayer circle to a big cartoon rat.
Four years later, the civil trial of a shareholder lawsuit seeking $2.6 billion from the disgraced HealthSouth Corp. chief executive isn’t making nearly the same splash. There are few fireworks and no crowds this time, despite the huge amount of money at stake in the trial that started last week.
