In 1989, when the Texas Senate was debating a bill to make major changes to the state workers' compensation system, Pilgrim handed out $10,000 US checks to nine of the 31 state senators while on the Senate floor two days before the vote.
During the Texas Senate's deliberation in 1989 over a significant overhaul of the state's workers' compensation program, Pilgrim handed out $10,000 checks to nine of the 31 senators just two days prior to the voting session.