Insurance Coverage Blog

During the time in recent weeks I was preoccupied with other matters and couldn't spend much if any time blogging, it crossed my mind that perhaps when I was able to come back to blogging, I would find that the Trailer Lawyers -- Trailer Chip and Trailer Tony, Trailer Todd and Trailer Mary -- had found a way to get back into the Katrina spotlight.  Sadly, it appears they have not.  Which can mean only one thing: it's time for a mournful limerick. 

There once was a lawyer with a trailer,

Had a client named Rigsby, wouldn't fail her.

But he got kicked off the case,

He's gone with no trace.

Maybe he went to see Scruggs' jailer.

There once was an AG named Hood
Who in Natchez got beaten up good
Apparently banished
He promptly vanished
And the Trailers now wish that they could

There once was lawyer named Scruggs
Who tried to give a judge more than hugs
Got caught red-handed
His law group disbanded
And in a felons' book are his mugs

With stolen data to ferry
The Trailers were cocky and merry
But soon were exposed
And by Senter got hosed
Ditto, Cori and Kerri

A former AG named Michael Moore
Said "For Dickie I've opened many a door
I only seek pay
At the end of the day
Don't call me a political whore"

Ma Lobrano said, "Oh Dickie
This data theft's getting tricky
My girls now owe money
You said you'd pay, Honey
Pay up or see sho' nuff sticky

Signed on and when I started reading the comments, they kept getting better and better. There is some real talent here. Keep it going everyone.

There was an old lawyer named Dickie,
His peers all perceived him as tricky,
But Tim, Joey and Steve,
Told the feds to believe,
Their tales got Dickie real sickie.

There was an attorney named Dick
Of cases he once had his pick
But he let loose Balducci
Said farewell to Gucci
That prison chow may make him sick.

There once was a lawyer named Schloemer
Her motive - to make Snake Farm tremor
Was she told "disappear"
Tho Scruggs said "don't fear"
Or are her trailer lights now a lot dimmer?

The AG named Hood is a hoot
For his arguments now are quite moot
He's been used as a pawn
For Scruggs and the spawn of Labrano
...for millions in loot!

the scruggs family reunion nust wait
you can't see them all on one date
they won't bunk together
or see the same weather
judge biggers said don't congregate

it's lovely to work from your home
when it's mobile cuz then you can roam
you can pick up the rigsbys
or stop to play frisbee
and decorate your trailer with gnomes.

The reign of the Tort King is over
Gone is his four leaf clover
His ego was unchecked
His life is now wrecked
The entourage now running for cover

The decision to conspire
Is why he’s no longer Esquire
He did the crime
So he must do the time
Because Tim was wearing that wire

How about a haiku?

Dickie Scruggs et al

Heading to the big house soon

The law is restored

I offer three haikus as The Scruggs Trilogy

Prison cell door slams
At chow, more sweet potatoes
My mansion it's not.

Sunlight softly creeps
Dappled through the prison bars
And finds me still here.

Fuel up the plane, boys.
Time for Dickie's Cuba trip.
Fall: time to fly south.

Limmerick:

All Dickie wanted was a say
As to which prison he would stay
Instead of mint julips
He'll have tobacco lips
But at least it's not Pelican Bay

Haiku:

Tried to buy a judge
Tried to buy some adjusters
But can't buy me love

There once was a man named The Scruggs
His money and his power were like drugs
But he tried to buy Lackey
And that was too tacky.
So they sent him to live with the thugs.

Summer Scruggs Haiku

Sun reflects dappled
Patterns on chrome handcuffs in
Arkansas, Go pigs!

Insurance and banking have lost their ethics.
We in Mississippi now miss our damage lawyers antics!
Checks and balances keep our country going.
Some will be longing for the good old days.

Mississippi Gal, you mean the good old days when people like Scruggs could buy the State AG's office (which, in essence, he did) and the State Insurance Comissioner's office (which he tried to do)? What Scruggs did and tried to do is not unique to Mississippi but nonetheless it should be a wake-up call to the people of Mississippi. Scruggs is a corrupt individual who is only concerned about his own self-aggrandizement, not that of the people nor his clients. You can say what he did and tried to do was good for the people (it wasn't) but if he could do such a thing then someone whom you feel is not for the people can do the same. Scruggs tried to corrupt the State's political and judicial systems and came too close to succeeding. If that is your version of good old days then thank goodness we are no longer living in them.

And for the record, your State's AG has lost his ethics as well, as well as key members of the trial lawyers.

Here is a Haiku for those wanting the "good old days":

How we long for Scruggs
Corruption is a virtue
Ends justify means

Farewell dear Bahamas retreat
Whose luxury no one can beat.
With my footsteps no more to be blessed.
Only the UM Chancellor as your guest.