The 2024-2025 Judicial Hellholes® report shines its brightest spotlight on 10 jurisdictions that have earned reputations as Judicial Hellholes®. Some are known for allowing innovative lawsuits to proceed or for welcoming litigation tourism, and in all of them state leadership seems eager to expand civil liability at every given opportunity.
Every year we shine a light on the worst of the worst. The report shines its brightest spotlight on jurisdictions or courts that have earned reputations as Judicial Hellholes®.
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The 2023-2024 Judicial Hellholes® report shines its brightest spotlight on nine jurisdictions that have earned reputations as Judicial Hellholes®. Some are known for allowing innovative lawsuits to proceed or for welcoming litigation tourism, and in all of them state leadership seems eager to expand civil liability at every given opportunity.
Hellholes: 1. Georgia 2. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court and Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas 3. Cook County 4. California 5. New York City 6. South Carolina Asbestos Litigation 7. Lansing, Michigan 8. Louisiana 9. St. Louis
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The 2022-2023 Judicial Hellholes® report shines its brightest spotlight on eight jurisdictions that have earned reputations as Judicial Hellholes®. Some are known for allowing innovative lawsuits to proceed or for welcoming litigation tourism, and in all of them state leadership seems eager to expand civil liability at every given opportunity.
Hellholes: 1. Georgia 2. Pennsylvania Supreme Court & the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas 3. California 4. New York 5. Cook County, Illinois 6. South Carolina Asbestos Litigation 7. Louisiana 8. St. Louis
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