Two questions.Number 1.Q: How close is this whole Rigsby mess to unraveling, like a crow swooping down, grabbing a loose thread on your suit and flying off? A: Apparently, pretty close.Number 2.Q: When is an agreement to indemnify someone's expense not an agreement to indemnify someone's expenses?A: Apparently, when Dickie Scruggs is involved.Take a look at this new lawsuit filed by Scruggs against one of the law firms that had been defending the Rigsby sisters, Kerri and Cori, in the Renfroe v. Rigsby case in federal court in Alabama. Scruggs is suing for declaratory relief -- a declaration by the court interpreting, in this case, a contract -- to the effect that the Scruggs Law Firm doesn't owe some $1.7 million in fees to Zuckerman Spaeder, a D.C. law firm that, as I wrote abou
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