BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A federal judge has ordered fired HealthSouth chief Richard Scrushy returned to Alabama from prison to testify in civil lawsuits over the huge fraud at the rehabilitation chain.
A judge told federal authorities to have Scrushy in Birmingham for sworn testimony about HealthSouth. Those sessions are supposed to start June 16.
But a lawyer for Scrushy says the one-time executive will fight the order. Attorney Martin Adams says Scrushy wants to remain in a fenceless federal prison in Texas rather than spending time in a jail in suburban Birmingham.
Scrushy was acquitted in the HealthSouth fraud, but he is serving a nearly seven-year term for his role in a state bribery scheme. Former Gov. Don Siegelman also was convicted.
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