Secret deal in Corker lawsuit raises questions

By Associated Press

October 26, 2006 CHATTANOOGA — A secret settlement in an environmental lawsuit that Republican U.S. Senate nominee Bob Corker has tried to avoid talking about before Election Day possibly involves a $775,000 land purchase for an environmental group, county records indicate.

Attorneys in the case and Corker campaign spokesman Todd Womack did not immediately return telephone calls seeking comment Thursday.