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Congratulations To This Year's Judicial Hellholes
Category: In Your Face
The annual listing of Judicial Hellholes has made its appearance. The entire state of West Virginia heads the list. South Florida placed second. Kudos to all of the Hellholes for providing the fairest opportunity for justice and full compensation to the victims of corporate misconduct. As I have suggested before, each should proudly proclaim its support for the American civil justice system and promote the honor of its selection.
ATRF Lists 'Judicial Hellholes'
Just in time for the holidays, the American Tort Reform Foundation has released its picks of the courts you don't want on your forum-shopping list -- that is, if you are a lawyer who defends companies in civil litigation. The report, Judicial Hellholes 2006, claims to shine a spotlight on "America's worst jurisdictions in which to face a lawsuit."The six worst courts, according to the report:
West Virginia
South Florida
Rio Grande Valley and Gulf Coast of Texas
Cook County, Ill.
Madison County, Ill.
St. Clair County, Ill.Of course, one man's hell is another man's heaven, to paraphrase the old saying. Not everyone sees damnation in the courts singled out by ATRF. The Center for Justice and Democracy, for one, called the report "vicious and undemocratic, not to mention dishonest and ungrounded." It released a fact sheet of its own, describing ATRA as representing "polluters, tobacco companies and the insurance industry, to name a few," and providing its counterpoints to ATRF's findings.
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