Recent letters to the editor by the American Tort Reform Association have kept pressure on trial lawyer-backed opponents of tort reform, both in Sacramento, California, and Phildelphia, Pennsylvania . . . → Read More: ATRA Letters Keep Heat on Lawsuit Lovers in California, Pennsylvania
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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’ May 8th, 2012
On Monday, May 6, 2012, a Jenkintown-based law firm filed a ridiculous consumer fraud class action lawsuit against Comcast Spectacor, the parent company of the Philadelphia Flyers, on behalf of all 2011-2012 full season ticket holders. . . . → Read More: Disgruntled Flyers Fans Take “Passion” to New Level, File Ridiculous Class Action Lawsuit against Organization Comments are closed Judicial Hellholes class-action, Consumer lawsuit abuse, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia April 10th, 2012
According to 2011 data, the six states with the highest average payouts for medical liability lawsuits are all home to current or recently named Judicial Hellholes. Go figure . . . → Read More: Once & Future ‘Judicial Hellholes’ Dominate New List of States with Highest Medical Lawsuit Payouts February 23rd, 2012
Read ATRA president Tiger Joyce’s latest op-ed on important reform developments in Philadelphia, the #1 Judicial Hellhole . . . → Read More: ATRA President Weighs in on Judicial Reforms in 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 20th, 2012
Deny as they might that Philadelphia’s civil courts have earned their #1-ranking among Judicial Hellholes for the last two years, it appears judges there have nonetheless undertaken some potentially meaningful reforms. . . . → Read More: Philadelphia, Worst of the ‘Judicial Hellholes,’ May Be Working to Improve Its Lousy Reputation October 4th, 2011
A small-town judge in Western Pennsylvania let an anti-Wal*Mart crank sue the world’s largest retailer for two cents, and then awarded her $100 plus court costs. . . . → Read More: Judge Let Anti-Wal*Mart Crank Sue for 2¢ June 28th, 2011
Gov. Tom Corbett today signed the “Fair Share Act,” legislation that heralds a new day for a state’s often exploited and anticompetitive civil justice system . . . → Read More: Fresh Start for Pennsylvania Tort Reformers Starts with Enactment of ‘Fair Share Act’ May 11th, 2011
As the General Assembly in Harrisburg considers a variety of civil justice reforms, the Pennsylvania Business Council has produced a persuasive YouTube video in support of those reforms . . . → Read More: PA Biz Council Video Urges Enactment of Tort Reforms March 31st, 2011
As the first quarter of 2011 draws to a close, it’s an appropriate time to update both some bad news and good news from once and future Judicial Hellholes . . . → Read More: Q1 Updates on Once and Future ‘Judicial Hellholes’ Comments are closed Judicial Hellholes California, Medical Liability, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, South Florida March 15th, 2011
As home to the reigning #1 Judicial Hellhole of Philadephia, Pennsylvania is long overdue for substantive tort reforms. Poised to spark a few Points of Light this legislative session, state lawmakers in Harrisburg are being urged by the business community and many in the media to modernize liability law by replacing the current and inherently unfair “joint and several” standard with one of “proportional” liability . . . → Read More: Tort Reform Momentum Builds in Pennsylvania Comments are closed Points of Light Harrisburg Patriot-News, joint and several, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette January 4th, 2011
If you were too busy shoveling out from the Mid-Atlantic’s big post-Christmas blizzard, you may have missed Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’s outburst, calling the NFL “wimps” when the decision was made to postpone a Philadelphia Eagles game due to the storm. “We’re becoming a nation of wussies,” Rendell blustered. But had the NFL and Eagles decided to go ahead with the game, where would the governor have stood on the lawsuits that almost certainly would have resulted? . . . → Read More: Rendell Decries ‘Wimps’ While Embracing Lawsuits Comments are closed Judicial Hellholes Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania, Personal Responsibility, Philadelphia December 29th, 2010
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by a man who got into a shootout at a bar, then sued the bar owner for his medical expenses, mental anxiety, inconvience, and pain and suffering. Although his federal case is dismissed, he could refile in a Pennsylvania state court. It wouldn’t be the first time that a bar patron succeeded in such a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state courts. . . . → Read More: Court Dismisses Lawsuit by Gunslinger Against Bar Owner |
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