State Farm has moved to disqualify the remaining law firms of the former Scruggs Katrina Group from a key Katrina case for alleged "numerous egregious ethical violations." PACER reveals that the motion was filed yesterday in Glenda Shows v. State Farm, which is a RICO case the SKG filed against the insurer earlier this year. After reading the motion and supporting memorandum, I suspect that we may see a similar motion getting filed in at least some other SKG-State Farm cases in coming days.You may remember that State Farm, earlier this year, moved to disqualify Scruggs, his law firm and the entire SKG from certain Katrina litigation based on alleged ethical violations on grounds similar to the ones alleged in the new motion -- paying material witnesses under the g
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