Archives: Hellholes

Since 2013 the Judicial Hellholes report has faithfully if discouragingly reported on the brazenly plaintiff-favoring ways of New York City’s Asbestos Litigation

As Bloomberg has reported, City of St. Louis courts are known for “fast trials, favorable rulings, and big awards.” But by virtue of

If most lawmakers in Sacramento and the reliably generous plaintiffs’ lawyers who write campaign checks to keep them there can

The Florida Supreme Court’s liability-expanding decisions and barely contained contempt for the lawmaking authority of legislators and the governor have

Troubling trends in Twin Cities courtrooms, unprincipled actions by Minnesota’s attorney general and multiple vetoes of commonsense reforms by Governor

St. Clair and Madison Counties continue to house a powerful plaintiffs’ bar and are notorious for their disproportionate volumes of

In 2018, the New Jersey legislature distinguished itself as the most plaintiff-friendly legislature in the country. It immediately looked to

The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas continues to be a national epicenter for product liability litigation. The court’s Complex Litigation

The Pelican State once again appears on this year’s Judicial Hellholes list largely due to former plaintiffs’ attorney and now

The optimism for restoring balance in the City of St. Louis’s legal environment described in last year’s report quickly evaporated in 2018

Since 2013, the Judicial Hellholes report has focused on the brazenly plaintiff-favoring ways of the New York City Asbestos Litigation court

Florida has not only experienced a series of devastating hurricanes over the past year, but also a storm of unsound

A perennial Judicial Hellhole, California has once again regained its position atop the Judicial Hellholes list after a two-year hiatus.

In a report that primarily focuses on courts, New Jersey is an exception due to the legislature’s focus on drastically

Making its first appearance on the Judicial Hellholes list in 2018, the Twin Cities continue to move in a troubling

Once a national leader in enacting fair and balanced civil justice reform for plaintiffs and defendants, Oklahoma, regrettably, has become

The powerful plaintiffs’ bar continues to dominate Cook, Madison and St. Clair Counties, and the legal climate has further deteriorated

Conditions in the “Peach State” have rapidly deteriorated over the past few years to the point that the state has

The City of St. Louis is gaining a reputation as a favorite forum for those filing mass tort cases. According

The Bayou State continues to climb up the Judicial Hellholes list, due to the costly combination of former plaintiffs’ attorney

The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas remains the center of the universe for pharmaceutical litigation and for good reason. Johnson & Johnson