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 . . . → Read More: Even in Philadelphia, ‘Progress Is Possible’
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First the good news. Last week a jury ruled in favor of Union Carbide, the defendant in an asbestos lawsuit that once resulted in a $322 million verdict, the largest asbestos award for a single plaintiff in U.S. history. . . . → Read More: Good News, Bad News from Mississippi Courts  Comments are closed  Judicial Hellholes, Points of Light  Asbestos Claims, Coahoma County, Jones County, Mississippi, noneconomic damages, pain and suffering, Smith County March 30th, 2012
Coming less than six weeks after a potentially game-changing judicial reform order in Philadelphia, the #1 Judicial Hellhole for the past two years, a judge in another perennial Hellhole has issued a comparable reform order that could serve to significantly shrink the nation’s largest asbestos docket . . . → Read More: Madison County Judge Orders Bold Reform Comments are closed Judicial Hellholes, Points of Light Asbestos Claims, Judge Clarence Harrison, Madison County, mesothelioma, reservation docket March 27th, 2012
As the spring session heats up, the Louisiana legislature has the opportunity to adopt civil justice reform measures that would drastically change the way latent disease claims are handled in court. . . . → Read More: Civil Justice Reform Package Making It’s Way through the Louisiana Legislature March 27th, 2012
On Monday, March 26, more than 100 attorneys crowded into a Madison County courtroom to listen as 61 asbestos defendants asked Associate Judge Clarence Harrison to revise the court’s 2013 advance trial docket . . . → Read More: Asbestos Defendants Make Case against ‘Reservation’ Docket in Madison County March 12th, 2012
Madison County’s controversial asbestos litigation system is once again under fire and causing a stir. Recently, presiding Judge Clarence Harrison of Madison County, Illinois, denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss under the doctrine of forum non conveniens regarding a Texas resident who is alleging asbestos exposure in West Virginia and has no connection to Illinois. In the case of Woody v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, the Plaintiff and Decedent resided in Texas and the asbestos exposure occurred in West Virginia and Korea. The Defendants’ residences are scattered and the Defendants’ attorneys, both parties’ experts, and Plaintiff’s medical personnel involved in the cases all reside in West Virginia. Judge . . . → Read More: Madison County’s Controversial Asbestos Litigation System Strikes Again February 16th, 2012
After being cited as the #1 Judicial Hellhole for the past two years running, Philadelphia’s top administrative judge yesterday announced sweeping rules changes that should go a long way in mitigating the Complex Litigation Center’s troublingly plaintiff-friendly reputation . . . → Read More: Very Good News from Philly! 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Judicial Hellholes, Points of Light Asbestos Claims, Complex Litigation Center, Judge John. W. Herron, Judge Sandra Mazer Moss, mass torts, Philadelphia February 6th, 2012
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 . . . → Read More: New Data Add to ‘Hellholes’ Case Against Philadelphia’s ‘Complex Litigation Center’ January 25th, 2012
Eight new asbestos lawsuits filed in Kanawha County each name 190 defendants in what may be an all time high (or low, depending on one’s point of view), even in one of the more scandalous Judicial Hellholes, West Virginia . . . → Read More: West Virginia Asbestos Shakedowns May Hit New High (or Low) January 24th, 2012
ATRA has joined a number of like-minded organizations in offering comments that urge Philadelphia civil courts to end the use of unfair procedures known as “consolidation” and “reverse bifurcation” in mass tort cases . . . → Read More: ATRA, Others Urge Philadelphia Courts to Eliminate Unfair Elements of Civil Litigation Comments are closed Judicial Hellholes, Points of Light Asbestos Claims, consolidation, mass torts, Philadelphia, reverse bifurcation January 20th, 2012
The $322 million verdict in a Mississippi case that would have been “as funny as ‘My Cousin Vinny’ if it weren’t for [the] terribly negative impact on the Magnolia State’s efforts to compete in attracting businesses and jobs” has been thrown out. . . . → Read More: Record Asbestos Verdict in Mississippi Thrown Out Comments are closed Judicial Hellholes, Points of Light Asbestos Claims, Judge Eddie Bowen, Mississippi, Smith County January 19th, 2012
Just before the latest Judicial Hellholes® report was released last December 15, Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder was barred by Chief Judge Ann Callis from presiding over the the nation’s largest asbestos docket in the wake of a campaign contributions scandal. Continue reading Madison County Judge Removed from Asbestos Docket July 15th, 2011
Mississippi’s Supreme Court has ordered a stop to all proceedings in an asbestos case that resulted in a record $322 million verdict last May. . . . → Read More: State High Court Puts Mississippi’s ‘Automatic Hellhole’ Case on Hold April 12th, 2011
To the Mississippi Bar’s credit, it has leveled a serious disciplinary complaint against two personal injury lawyers found liable last year for civil fraud in connection with asbestos lawsuits. Now, as a special tribunal prepares to hear their defense, ATRA renews its call for stiff discipline. . . . → Read More: ATRA Again Urges Stiff Discipline for Two Asbestos Fraud Lawyers in Mississippi Comments are closed Judicial Hellholes Asbestos Claims, Clarion-Ledger, fraudulent claims, Mississippi, Rogues' Gallery March 18th, 2011
The biased handling of a pernicious new wave of asbestos lawsuits has McLean County poised to join Illinois’ notorious list of Judicial Hellholes . . . → Read More: McLean County Poised To Become Illinois’ Latest ‘Judicial Hellhole’ Comments are closed Judicial Hellholes Asbestos Claims, civil conspiracy claims, Illinois, McLean County December 22nd, 2010
“Seven businesses that constantly defend asbestos suits in Madison County have urged Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder to curtail the county’s role as a litigation magnet,” according to The Madison Record today. Though the judiciary deserves credit for significantly improving the county’s civil justice system since Madison County, Illinois was named the report’s first #1 Judicial Hellhole, it remains on the Watch List due to concerns that it is backsliding. In 2006, asbestos cases had waned to 325 after waxing to a high of about 950 in 2003. In 2009, however, the number of such filings surged back up to 814. According to the proposal filed with Judge Crowder, lawyers have filed 738 . . . → Read More: Reforms Sought in Madison County Comments are closed Judicial Hellholes Asbestos Claims, Illinois, Madison County, Unbalanced Court Procedures, Watch List |
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