Financial Security One thing that is very clear from our research -- the Medicaid cases would not have succeeded without the millions of dollars put up by Richard Scruggs at the very beginning in supporting the case. He was able to do this because he had made millions suing the asbestos industry in the late 1980's and early 1990's. This money would be critical in allowing Scruggs and Moore to float the Mississippi law suit and convincing other states to join in the battle.