Scrushy civil case far cry from criminal trial

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Richard Scrushy, second from left, with his wife Leslie, left, and attorneys Jim Parkman and Donald Watkins, right, meeting with reporters outside the Hugo Black Federal Courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., after jurors acquitted the HealthSouth Corp. founder of all charges. Richard Scrushy’s federal criminal trial, which ended in his acquittal, was an entertaining, white-collar whodunit with everything from a courtroom prayer circle to a big cartoon rat.