FRAUD CASEBOOK

HealthSouth Read the following articles or other related articles regarding the HealthSouth case and then answer the questions below:

Sources:

Voreacos, David , "HealthSouth Executives Plead Guilty," The Globe and Mail (Canada), April 4, 2003.

Vicini, James , "HealthSouth's Scrushy to Face Criminal Charges: Fraud, Money Laundering," National Post's Financial Post and FP Investing (Canada), November 5, 2003.

Whitmire, Kyle , "HealthSouth to Pay $3 Million in U.S. Accounting Fraud Case," The New York Times, May 19, 2006.

Romero, Simon and Kyle Whitmire, "Former Chief of HealthSouth Acquitted in $2.7 Billion Fraud," The New York Times, June 29, 2005.

Davidson, Laurence Viele , "Scrushy, Ex-Governor Convicted," The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 20, 2006.

Davidson, Laurence Viele , "HealthSouth's Scrushy Gets 6 Years in Prison," The Washington Post, June 29, 2007.

Rappeport, Alana , "Scrushy at Home on the Ranch," CFO.com, June 6, 2008.

Discussion Questions:

1- An expert witness is hired by either the prosecution (plaintiff) or defense (defendant). Given that the expert witness has been hired by one side, how does he or she address challenges to their credibility?