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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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