Ousted HealthSouth chief refuses lawmakers' questions

Friday, October 17, 2003

WASHINGTON -- Saying he was denied "a fair hearing" by Congress, ousted HealthSouth chief Richard Scrushy invoked his constitutional privilege Thursday and refused to answer lawmakers' questions in their investigation of the $2.5 billion accounting scandal engulfing the major medical services company.

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