Greedy Trial Lawyer
Judicial Climate Deserves Evening Weathercast
Category: Why Didn't I Think Of That?
Kiplinger has opened my eyes to the need for expanded television weather reports each evening.
What's the Liability Climate in Your State?
Which state has the fairest litigation environment? Which has the most unfair juries? Get a fix on the judicial climate for business, state by state.Litigation is an ever-increasing cost of doing business, so when a company is thinking of starting up, expanding or relocating, it only makes sense that it give some consideration to a state's judicial climate. What are state rules like on noneconomic damages and class-action lawsuits? How fair are its judges? Is corruption a problem?
In fact, 57 percent of surveyed businesses said it was very likely or somewhat likely that "the litigation environment in a state could affect an important business decision ... such as where to locate or do business," according to "Lawsuit Climate 2007: Rating the States," an annual survey by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) and Harris Interactive. Delaware was ranked as the state with the most favorable overall litigation environment, with Minnesota and Nebraska holding down the No. 2 and 3 spots. West Virginia was ranked the worst, with Mississippi second from the bottom and Louisiana third.
Right after the traditional weather report I envision a segment dealing with the judicial climate. The weather person can stand before a map of the U.S. on which are displayed icons for judicial hellholes, unfair jury verdicts, punitive damage awards and other important measurements of regional and local judicial climate conditions.
Following this segment I suggest the weather person can launch into the tsunami of unnecessary deaths and serious injuries at the hands of doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, drug manufacturers, liquor-serving establishments and the tobacco industry. To complete the expanded climate report would then come the typhoon of unconscionable insurance company practices and the fraud on all citizens called tort reform.
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