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WASHINGTON, DC, February 28, 2007
– National Association of Manufacturers President John Engler today
welcomed the announcement by Toyota North America that it is
planning to construct a new $1.3 billion assembly plant in Tupelo,
Mississippi. The new facility is expected to come on line in 2010.
It will be the eighth Toyota assembly plant in the U.S.
Engler commended Mississippi Governor
Haley Barbour for creating an economic climate receptive to
investments like the new Toyota plant. “Haley knows what it takes to
attract business investment,” Engler said. “He has tackled the tough
issues, such as legal reform, and the result is 2,000 more jobs for
the people of Mississippi. He deserves a lot of credit for winning
the competition that led to today’s major announcement.”
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This new decision by Toyota underscores the
progress Mississippi has made in reforming the state's legal climate
to achieve fairness for both consumers and business. In 2004, Toyota
decided against building a plant in Mississippi then because of the
poor legal climate that existed before major reforms were enacted in
2004 by the Barbour Administration. |
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(Courtesy ATRA)
The fourth annual "Judicial Hellholes®" report, a ranking
of the worst courts in the United States, was released earlier
this week by the
American
Tort Reform Association.
 The overwhelming
majority of state courts dispense justice in a fair and
impartial manner. By way of contrast, Judicial Hellholes are a
few, but powerful, courts that have a disproportionately harmful
impact on civil litigation. Litigation tourists, who neither
lived nor were injured in these jurisdictions, are guided by
their personal injury lawyers who seek out these places because
they know they will produce a positive outcome, an excessive
verdict or settlement, a favorable precedent, or both. This is
venue shopping run wild.
"It is possible to
quench the fires in Judicial Hellholes with the help of judges,
legislators, the electorate and the media," said Sherman Joyce,
President of the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA). "By
shining the spotlight on the abuses in these jurisdictions,
Judicial Hellholes can become fair courts.”
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Judicial Hellholes 2005
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