#1 Judicial Hellhole Continues to Expand Liability for Business
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the current #1 Judicial Hellhole, continued to worsen the state’s civil justice climate with yet another
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Pa. Attorney General Kane Found Guilty of Perjury
On Monday, August 15, Pennsylvania’s Attorney General, Kathleen Kane, was convicted on nine criminal charges, including felony perjury and felony criminal conspiracy
Points of LightFederal Judge Sanctions Two Parasitic Plaintiffs’ Lawyers for ‘See What Sticks’ Approach to Litigation
In an encouraging close to 2015, U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann sanctioned two Pennsylvania plaintiffs’ lawyers for their stubborn pursuit of largely meritless, “see-what-sticks” litigation
Judicial HellholesPennsylvania’s Kane Latest State AG to Ignore Basic Principles of Law & Justice
Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania’s attorney general and a politician national Democrats had hoped might someday win a U.S. Senate seat, continued this month her embarrassing and desperate descent toward likely disbarment and a self-imposed political death sentence
Judicial HellholesAsbestos Fraudsters Will Pay $7.3 Million to Settle CSX Transportation’s RICO Case against Them
ATRA Cites Settlement, Coming Garlock Revelations in Urging New Congress, State Legislatures to Pass Asbestos Claims Transparency Laws
Points of LightTurning up the Heat on Asbestos Racketeers
As the push continues to expose and punish that lowly element of the plaintiffs’ bar that lies, cheats and manipulates civil courts and abestos trust funds to maximize their profits, ethics and justice be damned, ATRA offers up links to both a recent editorial and a Pennsylvania television interview that help make the tort reformers’ case
UncategorizedC+ Student’s Lawsuit Earns an ‘F’
An unsuccessful former graduate student in Pennsylvania, who was apparently indulged by her professor father, has lost a $1.3 million lawsuit against Lehigh University wherein she alleged breach of contract and sexual discrimination
Judicial HellholesSmall Business Advocate Makes Case for Venue Reform in Pennsylvania
The National Federation of Independent Business’s executive director in Pennsylvania, Kevin Shivers, made the case for venue reform and additional progress in improving the civil justice system during a recent television appearance on Comcast’s “Newsmakers” program, now airing throughout the Keystone State
UncategorizedReforms Drive Down Mass Tort Filings in Philadelphia
Even though some personal injury lawyers still deny that Philadelphia was a judicial hellhole in the first place, much-needed reforms imposed earlier this year by the chief administrative judge seem to have dramatically halted the explosive growth in recent years of new mass tort filings there
Judicial HellholesIf We’re a ‘Nation of Wusses,’ Blame Rendell’s Parasitic Personal Injury Lawyer Pals
Ed Rendell’s hypocritical new book predictably ignores the major role that his parasitic personal injury lawyer pals have played in the “wussification” of America
UncategorizedPennsylvania: Model for Commonsense Tort Reforms?
With its medical liability reforms last decade, enactment of the Fair Share Act last year and judicial reform of Philadelphia’s plaintiff-friendly Complex Litigation Center earlier this year, ATRA counsel Mark Behrens makes the case that Pennsylvania could become the model for commonsense state tort reforms
Judicial Hellholes, Points of LightGood News: PA Supreme Court Rejects the “Any Fiber” Theory of Asbestos Causation
Last week, in a 5-0 decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected the theory that each and every fiber of inhaled asbestos is a substantial contributing factor to any asbestos-related disease
Points of LightATRA Letters Keep Heat on Lawsuit Lovers in California, Pennsylvania
Recent letters to the editor by the American Tort Reform Association have kept pressure on trial lawyer-backed opponents of tort reform, both in Sacramento, California, and Phildelphia, Pennsylvania
Judicial HellholesEven in Philadelphia, ‘Progress Is Possible’
Medical liability reforms undertaken in Pennsylvania last decade have had the intended effect of reducing the number of meritless lawsuits, particularly in Philadelphia, and broader progress in other areas of tort law now seems possible, too
UncategorizedDisgruntled Flyers Fans Take “Passion” to New Level, File Ridiculous Class Action Lawsuit against Organization
On Monday, May 6, 2012, a Jenkintown-based law firm filed a ridiculous consumer fraud class action lawsuit against Comcast Spectacor, the parent company of the Philadelphia Flyers, on behalf of all 2011-2012 full season ticket holders.
Judicial HellholesOnce & Future ‘Judicial Hellholes’ Dominate New List of States with Highest Medical Lawsuit Payouts
According to 2011 data, the six states with the highest average payouts for medical liability lawsuits are all home to current or recently named Judicial Hellholes. Go figure
Judicial HellholesATRA President Weighs in on Judicial Reforms in Philadelphia
Read ATRA president Tiger Joyce’s latest op-ed on important reform developments in Philadelphia, the #1 Judicial Hellhole
Judicial HellholesNew Data Add to ‘Hellholes’ Case Against Philadelphia’s ‘Complex Litigation Center’
Nearly 7 in 10 lawsuits Filed in Philadelphia’s plaintiff-friendly Complex Litigation Center have no connection to the city or to Pennsylvania, more broadly
Judicial HellholesPhiladelphia, Worst of the ‘Judicial Hellholes,’ May Be Working to Improve Its Lousy Reputation
Deny as they might that Philadelphia’s civil courts have earned their #1-ranking among Judicial Hellholes for the last two years, it appears judges there have nonetheless undertaken some potentially meaningful reforms.
Judicial Hellholes, Points of LightJudge Let Anti-Wal*Mart Crank Sue for 2¢
A small-town judge in Western Pennsylvania let an anti-Wal*Mart crank sue the world’s largest retailer for two cents, and then awarded her $100 plus court costs.
Judicial HellholesFresh Start for Pennsylvania Tort Reformers Starts with Enactment of ‘Fair Share Act’
Gov. Tom Corbett today signed the “Fair Share Act,” legislation that heralds a new day for a state’s often exploited and anticompetitive civil justice system
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