Judge Senter disqualifies Katrina(less) Litigation Group, ousts Rigsby sisters as witnesses in Southern District o

Citing ethical lapses including the payment of the Rigsby sisters as material witnesses, Judge L.T. Senter Jr. has disqualified the Katrina Litigation Group from remaining Katrina cases, and has also booted the sisters as witnesses from all cases in the Southern District of Mississippi. Here's the opinion, and here's a rather extended excerpt -- the language is Senteresque, which means stunningly blunt when the occasion calls for it: State Farm and Renfroe have charged Scruggs with two basic types of ethical misconduct and with conflicts of interest, all of which relate in one way or another to the relationship between Scruggs and the SKG and two former Renfroe employees Cori and Kerri Rigsby (the Rigsby sisters). State Farm and Renfroe allege 1) that Scruggs participated and enco