Scruggs Nation, Day 49

Is a picture worth a thousand words? Here's a photo that a Mississippi friend of Insurance Coverage Law Blog took of the Scruggs Law Firm in Oxford yesterday morning, dead potted plants and all. (Used by permission. Copyright is held by the photographer, who is known to me, but who wishes to remain anonymous to y'all at this time). Now, let's start with an account of yesterday's hearing in the case that launched a thousand shifts at my computer terminal, Jones v. Scruggs. The report from ICLB's correspondent on the scene is so good I will reproduce it below with only slight edits:Hearing on Motion to Quash Subpoenas - January 14, 2008, 9:30 a.m.Before Judge Coleman Attorneys: Jones attorneys: Grady Tollison, Roy Percy & Cameron AblesScruggs, et al attorneys: Cal Mayo &