Lawyer: Scruggs didn't reject settlement
DALLAS, March 30 (UPI) -- Lauren Scruggs' attorney says the model and fashion blogger has neither accepted nor rejected a settlement offer related to a plane-propeller mishap in Texas.
Scruggs lost her hand and eye after she was struck by the propeller in December. She had just gotten out of the plane and was on the tarmac after enjoying a tour of Christmas lights when she was seriously injured. The pilot had parked the plane, but left the engine on and propeller spinning.
Courthouse News Service Tuesday reported Scruggs, 23, turned down a $200,000 offer to settle and is suing the plane's insurer; however, the model's representatives said that account was inaccurate and CNS printed a correction Wednesday.
"Contrary to an earlier report from Courthouse News Service that Lauren Scruggs, the 23-year-old Texan struck by a moving propeller, rejected an offer of settlement, attorneys for Ms. Scruggs wish to clarify that she neither accepted nor rejected the insurance company's offer. Instead, during ongoing negotiations, Ms. Scruggs filed a declaratory judgment action in Dallas County seeking interpretation of the insurance policy by the court," said a joint statement by Scruggs' attorneys Hightower Angelley and Aggressive Insurance.
"This afternoon, Hightower Angelley LLP, attorneys for Ms. Scruggs, and Aggressive Insurance Services LLC, jointly announce that they have resolved the issues raised in the declaratory judgment action."
Jerry Lee Lewis marries for seventh time
LOS ANGELES, March 30 (UPI) -- A publicist for Jerry Lee Lewis says the 76-year-old music icon has married his seventh wife in Natchez, Miss.
Judith Brown is the ex-wife of Lewis' cousin, Rusty Brown, whose sister, Myra Gale Brown, Lewis wed when she was 13 and he was 23.
Lewis' marriage to Myra was a scandal that marred his career for years. They divorced in 1970 after 13 years of marriage.
Lewis made Judith wife No. 7 March 9, his representative Maureen O'Connor told CNN Friday.
No other details regarding the marriage were immediately reported.
The famous singer and piano player is known for his hits "Good Golly Miss Molly," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire."
'Twins' sequel in the works
LOS ANGELES, March 30 (UPI) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito and Eddie Murphy are to play brothers in a sequel to the 1988 comedy "Twins," sources told The Hollywood Reporter.
Schwarzenegger and DeVito played experimentally conceived brothers Julius and Vincent in the first film and would reprise their roles in the follow-up. They would discover they have a sibling, played by Murphy, in the new outing, which is in the early stages of development, the entertainment industry trade newspaper reported.
No director or writers have been named yet, the report said.
Queen's 2nd great-grandchild is born
LONDON, March 30 (UPI) -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth has become a great-grandmother for the second time with the birth of
Isla Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Peter and Autumn Phillips.
The baby was born Thursday at the Gloucester Royal Hospital, and weighed in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces, UsMagazine.com said Friday, adding she is 13th in line for the English throne.
The couple, who married in 2008, also have a 15-month-old daughter named Savannah.
Peter, the son of Princess Anne and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, was present at Isla's birth, UsMagazine.com said.
