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 Although known for his profanity-laced jokes, Tracy Morgan is passing up one opportunity for “swearing.” 
 
 The “30 Rock” star is refusing to testify under oath in an insurance dispute against Walmart’s multimillion-dollar payout to the comedian over the 2014 truck accident that left him clinging to life and killed his comedian pal Jimmy Mack. 
 
 “Deposing Tracy Morgan will lead to nothing. We are opposing it,” his attorney, Benedict Morelli, told The Post. 
 
 Walmart’s insurer, Ohio Casualty, is demanding Morgan, 48, sit for a seven-hour deposition to prove its claims that he exaggerated his injuries to get the payout, reported to be about $90 million. 
 
 “The people I represented were all in comas for more than a week. They were devastatingly injured,” said Morelli, referring to Morgan and fellow comic Ardie Fuqua. 
 
 Morgan, Fuqua, Mack and a friend were coming home from a stand-up gig at a Delaware casino in June 2014 when a Walmart tractor-trailer crashed into their limo on the New Jersey Turnpike. 
 
 Mack, 62, born James McNair, was killed. Fuqua’s leg was broken in five places. Morgan suffered a brain injury and broke his leg and ribs. 
 
 The truck driver, Kevin Roper, had allegedly been awake for more than 24 hours at the time. He pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and aggravated assault. 
 
 Morgan and the other passengers sued Walmart and reached the deal in May 2015. 
 
 Morgan is “trying his best to make a comeback,” but the accident has changed him, Morelli said. 
 
 “When he does stand-up comedy now, he has a stool and he keeps sitting down because he can’t stand. He now needs notes when he does stand-up because he doesn’t have the same memory,” he said. 
 
 Morelli said the $90 million settlement figure is “absolutely inaccurate” but refused to disclose the true amount, citing a confidentiality agreement. 
 
 Ohio Casualty is seeking to depose Morgan in a New Jersey federal lawsuit against Walmart. It is also probing Morgan’s post-settlement purchases, including a $440,000 Lamborghini. 
 
 Morelli scoffed at the probe. 
 
 “To try to say that Tracy Morgan is not allowed to have a fancy car? Oh, maybe he should drive a Honda?” he said, incredulously. 
 
 Morelli also accused Ohio Casualty’s lawyers of “playing fast and loose with the facts” when they claimed Morgan never handed over the proper paperwork to Walmart to prove it was liable for the crash. 
 
 “That’s untrue,” Morelli said. 
 
 “They had multiple years of Tracy Morgan’s tax returns. They had all, I repeat, all of Tracy Morgan’s medical records from the accident.” 
 
 “It’s all about harassment. They’re making my clients victims again so that they could save their insurance company some money,” he said. 
 
 Ohio Casualty attorney Eduardo DeMarco said he and the rest of the insurer’s legal team stand by their recent filing arguing that the depositions of Morgan, as well as Fuqua, are “relevant and necessary” for their case against Walmart. 
 
 Morgan’s and Fuqua’s “depositions were never taken nor were they served with any formal discovery in the Morgan action,” the filing says, “and Walmart has relied on the claims of Morgan and Fuqua as the principal reason in contending that the settlement of the Morgan action was reasonable.” 
 
 A judge will rule June 19 on whether Morgan must be deposed. ||||| Two companies that insure Walmart are suing the retail giant, challenging its multi-million-dollar payout to actor Tracy Morgan. The comedian was seriously injured in 2014 when a truck owned by Walmart slammed into Morgan's limousine van. 
 
 Now Walmart's insurers, Ohio Casualty and Liberty Insurance Underwriters, are claiming Morgan exaggerated his injuries to get the payout. 
 
 They want Morgan to sit for a seven-hour deposition, but the comedian is refusing. 
 
 "He was a victim once. We're not going to allow him to be a victim again. And you have to understand that much of his injuries were emotional and psychological. He almost died," said Benedict Morelli, Morgan's attorney, only on "CBS This Morning." 
 
 Morelli said there is nothing relevant Morgan could say to help the insurers' case. 
 
 "The insurance companies in this case have been taking the premiums from Walmart for years and years and years. They know how to take the premiums. They just don't know how to pay out the money," Morelli said. "Because Walmart paid my clients directly, and now they're trying to get reimbursed from their insurers, they don't want to pay." 
 
 A Walmart representative told CBS News that Walmart has "no position around the insurance company's dispute with Mr. Morgan" and "Walmart was committed to doing what was right to help ensure the well-being of all those who were impacted by the accident, and we reached an amicable settlement with Mr. Morgan and the others." 
 
 Ohio Casualty insurance company and Liberty International Underwriters told CBS News they do not publicly comment on matters in litigation. But in court documents, they write the depositions are "relevant and necessary" because Walmart relied on claims from Morgan and another passenger as the main reason for why the settlement was reasonable. 
 
 Morgan is now back on stage, using the memory of his devastating 2014 car crash as material for his newly-released Netflix comedy special, "Staying Alive." 
 
 "Could have been worse. I could have got hit by a Bob's Discount Furniture truck. You know they ain't got no f***ing money," Morgan jokes. 
 
 It's been three years since a Walmart truck slammed into the back of Morgan's limo van on the New Jersey turnpike. His friend, comedian James McNair, was killed and two others were seriously injured. Morgan suffered a broken leg, broken ribs and what his lawyer describes as a "traumatic brain injury." One year after the crash, he talked about the long road to recovery. 
 
 
 
 "There are times where I have my good days and my bad days where I forget things. There are times where I have the headaches," Morgan told NBC News in June 2015. 
 
 
 
 The truck driver in the accident, Kevin Roper, later pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide. Walmart took full responsibility for the crash and awarded Morgan and one of the other passengers a settlement that has been reported to be as high as $90 million. 
 
 "It's not even close to the number," said Morelli, who negotiated the settlement with Walmart. Morelli said that he can't confirm whether it's higher or lower than $90 million. 
 
 Reportedly on June 19, a judge will decide whether Morgan must testify. 
 
 "I will do every single thing in my power to block that. And I'm pretty good at it," Morelli said. ||||| Tracy Morgan‘s lawyer said he “will do every single thing in his power” to prevent the comedian from testifying in an insurance dispute over Walmart’s multi-million dollar payout to Morgan over the 2014 deadly bus crash that left him in a coma for over a week. 
 
 Benedict Morelli told CBS This Morning Tuesday that the 48-year-old comedian will not sit for a seven-hour deposition for good reason: He has “nothing relevant” to add to the case. 
 
 “He was a victim once, we’re not going to allow him to be a victim again,” he said. “And you have to understand — a lot of his injuries were emotional and psychological. He almost died — it was reported on the Internet originally that he had passed — and all they would like to do now is harass him.” 
 
 Morelli continued, “I was the one who personally negotiated the settlement directly with Walmart, Tracy had nothing to do with it. Tracy finally is getting back to his life. We have to let him get back to comedy — I do the lawyering.” 
 
 Tracy is finally getting back to his life. We have to let him get back to comedy, I do the lawyering. — Morgan's attorney Benedict Morelli pic.twitter.com/h6M3cnonsW — CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) June 6, 2017 
 
 Morelli also denied that the settlement for Morgan and another passenger is approximately $90 million, as has been previously reported. 
 
 “It’s not even close to the number,” he said, while adding that he can’t confirm whether the settlement is higher or lower than that figure. 
 
 According to CBS News, two companies that insure the retail giant — Ohio Casualty insurance company and Liberty International Underwriters — are challenging Walmart over the undisclosed payout, claiming the 30 Rock actor exaggerated his injuries. 
 
 In June 2014, a limousine bus that Morgan was riding in with others was involved in a multi-vehicle accident on the New Jersey Turnpike that took the life of his friend and mentor James “Jimmy Mac” McNair and left the former Saturday Night Live star fighting for his life in critical condition. Morgan wound up being in a coma for two weeks and sustained numerous broken bones. 
 
 The National Transportation Safety Board later ruled that the Walmart truck driver who was responsible for the crash hadn’t slept in 28 hours. While the driver caused the accident after failing to adhere to warning signs to slow down, the board also said that Morgan and other passengers’ failure to wear seatbelts and adjust headrests played a role in the severity of their injuries – noting that most injuries were a result of passengers being whipped around or hitting the sides of the limousine-van. 
 
 “He was incredibly injured — he almost died. He was in a coma for more than a week. And the fact that he has now gotten much better — the Walmart CEO called me and Tracy personally after the money was paid just to apologize,” Morelli said on CBS This Morning. “Maybe the insurance companies should take a page out of Walmart’s book.” 
 
 Morelli said he spends his career fighting insurance companies who don’t want to pay up. 
 
 “The reason that we’re talking about this is because it is Tracy Morgan. They do this every day,” he said. “Insurance companies want to take the money, they don’t want to pay out the money.” 
 
 He added, “Walmart paid their money to my clients — that is done. We don’t have a dog in the fight.” 
 
 A judge will reportedly decide on June 19 whether Morgan must testify, CBS News reports. 
 
 “I will do every single thing in my power to block that. And I’m pretty good at it,” Morelli said. 
 
 WATCH: Tracy Morgan Jokes About Hospital Stay, Speech Therapy In First Special Since His Major Car Accident 
 
 Meanwhile, Jordan addresses the crash in his new Netflix standup special, Staying Alive. 
 
 “All the great things came through standup,” Morgan recently told PEOPLE. “I’m just continuing it. Why would I stop? [The accident] wasn’t going to stop me. As long as I could stand up and grab the mic, I was going to tell my story.”
– Walmart settled with Tracy Morgan after a truck owned by the company plowed into the comedian's limousine van in 2014—injuring Morgan and killing one of his friends—but it seems Walmart's insurers aren't too happy about that settlement. CBS News reports Ohio Casualty and Liberty Insurance Underwriters are suing Walmart over the settlement, claiming Morgan exaggerated his injuries to get money. They want Morgan to submit to a seven-hour deposition, but the comedian is refusing. Morgan's lawyer, Benedict Morelli, tells Page Six the demand amounts to "harassment," adding that his client was "devastatingly injured." Morgan suffered a broken leg, broken ribs, and what a lawyer called a "traumatic brain injury." Officials ruled that the driver of Walmart's truck was responsible for the accident and hadn't slept in 28 hours, though Morgan and his passengers exacerbated their injuries by not wearing seat belts, People reports. Morgan and another injured passenger reportedly settled with Walmart for $90 million, though Morelli says that figure is "not even close" to accurate. Walmart says the settlement with Morgan was "amicable," and Morelli says the two insurance companies are just upset that after years of taking Walmart's premiums, they have to pay some of that money out. A judge will reportedly decide this month if Morgan must sit for the deposition. "Could have been worse. I could have got hit by a Bob's Discount Furniture truck. You know they ain't got no f---ing money," Morgan jokes about the crash in his new Netflix special.