Georgia’s High Court Rules Reasonably on Asbestos Liability
In contrast to two recent high court decisions in the currently ranked top two Judicial Hellholes, the Georgia Supreme Court
Judicial Hellholes, Points of LightAnother Asbestos Defendant Seeks to Join RICO Litigation Against Plaintiffs’ Firms Accused of Fraud
Asbestos defendant John Crane Inc. this week filed motions in federal district court seeking to intervene in the Garlock Sealing Technologies-led fraud litigation against two plaintiffs’ law firms, Dallas-based Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett and the Shein Law Center of Philadelphia
Judicial HellholesCalifornia High Court Leads Acceptance of Arbitration Clauses and More Reasonable Word Usage
As reported by autonews.com, a California Court of Appeal reversed its own past ruling about the validity of arbitration provisions. This course reversal follows a ruling by the California Supreme Court in a different case which found a nearly identical arbitration provision to be enforceable.
Points of LightWisconsin's Gov. Walker Signs Asbestos Trust Fund Transparency Bill into Law
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker earlier today signed into law AB 19, asbestos trust fund transparency legislation
Points of LightFood Suits with a Prop 65 Twist Likely to Keep California atop Judicial Hellholes Rankings
In an apparent bid to make sure California remains as the #1-ranked Judicial Hellhole for an unprecedented third year in a row, food suit shysters there have watsed no time in getting 2014 off to a familiar start, filing two meritless class actions in federal court
UncategorizedAnother Oklahoma Disaster
Reacting to news that the Oklahoma Supreme Court has, by a vote of 7-2, struck down a comprehensive package of civil justice reforms enacted by overwhelming majorities of elected lawmakers and the governor in 2009, the American Tort Reform Association today criticized the court majority for “disrespecting both the legislators’ hard-won compromises and the will of voters who had endorsed the judgment of those legislators.”
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