A mediation program developed by the Mississippi Insurance Department to help settle damage claims to residential property from Hurricane Katrina is being called a "band-aid" by a famed plaintiff lawyer.
Richard Scruggs has filed a class action lawsuit against insurance companies on behalf of families whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the deadly Gulf Coast hurricane.
The lawsuit is currently tied up in litigation over jurisdiction, with efforts being made by the insurance industry to have the suit tried in federal court--Mr. Scruggs wants the suit tried in state courts, however.
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