For those who keep an eye on the parasitic personal injury bar, it comes as no surprise that the kings and queens of slip-and-fall will gather this July 9-13 for their annual convention in New York City, aka “Sue” York City
Judicial HellholesUltimately ignoring the down-home country homilies of actor and former senator turned trial lawyer lobbyist Fred Thompson, the Tennessee legislature passed a major bipartisan tort reform bill last week
Points of LightIn light of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC , Georgia’s highest court has put itself into contention for a “Points of Light” citation by vacating an earlier ruling that favored parents of autistic children over makers of childhood vaccines.
Points of LightFollowing a favorable House vote earlier this week, the Tennessee Senate yesterday passed the Tennessee Civil Justice Act of 2011. The legislation is backed by Governor Bill Haslam, and he is expected to sign it into law soon
Points of LightAs the General Assembly in Harrisburg considers a variety of civil justice reforms, the Pennsylvania Business Council has produced a persuasive YouTube video in support of those reforms
Judicial HellholesQuin Hillyer’s latest commentary offers still more thoughtful support for passage of the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act, now pending in Congress
Points of LightBy virtue of a single verdict, rural Smith County, Mississippi has vaulted itself into contention for being named a Judicial Hellhole
Judicial HellholesWith the House Energy and Commerce Committee poised to begin marking up H.R. 5, the “Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011,” the American Tort Reform Association has issued a paper its president says “makes a clear case that the legislation passes constitutional muster”
Points of LightNo one will be surprised to learn that four states notorious for their Judicial Hellholes and Watch List jurisdictions — California, New York, Illinois and New Jersey — have been ranked by corporate CEOs as the worst in the nation for doing business
Judicial HellholesThe Florida legislature today passed an important tort reform bill that will empower jurors to hear all of the relevant facts in car accident cases where negligence on the part of driver is alleged.
Points of LightPast Judicial Hellholes reporting has documented ADA scam artists in California, Florida and elsewhere. But now Dallas-Fort Worth’s WFAA-TV reports that the scourge has spread to the Lone Star State, with help from a camera-shy shyster in the Sunshine State
Judicial HellholesAmerican Tort Reform Association general counsel Victor Schwartz recently discussed the virtues of the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act, now pending in Congress, with the National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business advocate
Points of LightSouth Florida drunk-driver defense lawyer Mark Gold is suing a strip club, claiming to have been too drunk one evening last November to be held legally responsible for the nearly $19,000 tab he rang up
Judicial HellholesA new study reported by the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that nursing homes providing excellent care are nearly as likely to be sued as those providing lesser care, putting the lie to personal injury lawyers’ long-time claim that their lawsuits work to improve care, not just their personal fortunes
UncategorizedThe Wall Street Journal’s John Fund offered an interesting piece of analysis this past weekend, demonstrating that California, the #2 Judicial Hellhole, is losing employers and jobs to tort-reforming Texas
UncategorizedA thin-skinned Madison County judge has been baited by a crafty plaintiffs’ lawyer into ordering into evidence irrelevant but plaintiff-friendly “evidence” in an important Illinois environmental case, further cementing the rural county’s reputation among the least fair jurisdictions in the nation
Judicial HellholesThe Florida Supreme Court has suspended for three years the license of a plaintiff’s attorney featured in the Rogues Gallery section of the latest Judicial Hellholes report
Judicial HellholesThe Alabama law firm headed by tort kingpin Jere Beasley has withdrawn its would-be class action against Taco Bell filed in California last January.
Judicial HellholesWith his recent home-job handling of a specious lawsuit brought by a local manufacturer against an out-of-state software company, Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Terry Dempsey appears singlehandedly determined to qualify his rural Alabama jurisdiction as the next notorious Judicial Hellhole
Judicial HellholesA new report by Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation offers the latest confirmation of the fact that costly auto accident fraud is on the rise in Florida
Judicial HellholesTo the Mississippi Bar’s credit, it has leveled a serious disciplinary complaint against two personal injury lawyers found liable last year for civil fraud in connection with asbestos lawsuits. Now, as a special tribunal prepares to hear their defense, ATRA renews its call for stiff discipline.
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