Judge orders Scrushy to pay $2.9B to shareholders - Yahoo! News

Judge orders Scrushy to pay $2.9B to shareholders - Yahoo! News: "BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A state judge on Thursday ordered former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy to pay nearly $2.9 billion to shareholders who sued over a massive accounting fraud that nearly sent the rehabilitation chain into bankruptcy.

Circuit Judge Allwin E. Horn, who heard the case without a jury, ruled in favor of HealthSouth shareholders who filed a lawsuit claiming Scrushy was involved in years of overstating the company's earnings and assets to make it appear the company was meeting Wall Street forecasts."