Update on McIntosh v. State Farm case, May 19

I've got a lot of catching up to do, but thanks to all those who e-mailed ideas for posts. I'll work my way through those as time allows, but for now, let's look at Magistrate Judge Robert Walker's rulings on Friday in the Verdun-like battle of McIntosh v. State Farm. As you may recall, State Farm issued a number of discovery requests in this case last year when it noticed the depositions of Dickie and Zach Scruggs, and these depositions have been held up while various other things happened: Scruggs got indicted and pleaded guilty; Scruggs withdrew from the case and all other cases; the Katrina(less) Litigation Group, the rump successor to the Scruggs(less) Katrina Group, was disqualified from the case for ethics reasons: the Rigsby sisters were disqualified as witne