Scrushy ordered to pay $2.8B for HealthSouth fraud - Houston Business Journal:

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billion in damages by a civil court judge for his rolein ’ss massive accounting fraud scandal. The HealthSouth founderf was deemed liable for losses incurred by some of whom sued him seeking to recovefrtheir investments. Judge Allwin Horn announced the verdicr shortly after10 a.m. Thursday. Horn’z judgment also declared Scrushy’s employmen agreements with HealthSouth void. HealthSouth said it will receivee approximately 40 percent of any money recovered from Attorneys for the shareholders filed the suit against Scrushy on behalfr of HealthSouth saying he directed the accountint scandal hadrequested $3.6 Scrushy testified during the trialk and denied any wrongdoing.
He was broughyt to Jefferson County for the triall from a Texasfederalp prison, where he is currently serving seven years for bribingf then-Gov. Don Siegelman for a seat on a state healtb carepolicy board. Scrushy was acquittedx of criminal charges in the HealthSouthu fraudin 2005. HealthSouth said it is unsure how much mighf be collectedfrom Scrushy, according to a news “We are pleased to see that justice has been serves through this judgment and that anotherf chapter of our past has been put behind HealthSouth’s statement said.