First, New York's Eliot Spitzer had to step down as governor in the wake of a prostitution scandal, and then high-profile trial lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs pled guilty to bribing a judge--and in a Hurricane Katrina lawsuit, no less!!! With the shortage of high-profile nemeses, the loss of these two powerful crusaders against insurer wrongdoing is a huge blow to industry reformers, notes NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman in his blog today at www.property-casualty.com.

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