Like the pathetic excuses for parents who tried to sue McDonald’s because they apparently can’t control their 6-year-olds’ desires for Happy Meal toys, another group of incompetent parents is now suing Apple, claiming certain gaming applications, or “apps,” are “addictive”
Judicial HellholesThe joke was on low-brow bigmouth Howard Stern Monday when a New York judge dismissed his outrageously ungrateful lawsuit against Sirius XM Radio
Judicial HellholesA recent California Supreme Court ruling provides the state’s employers with greater flexibility in operating their establishments. It will help to curb wage-and-hour class actions in the state, allowing many employers to “breathe a huge sigh of relief.” The Court’s decision may indicate a trend of fair rulings for California businesses.
Points of LightAs John Edwards prepares to face federal charges that he criminally violated campaign finance laws in 2008, some in the media, to whom the former trial lawyer lied repeatedly, nonetheless seem determined, incredibly enough, to potray the defendant sympathetically
UncategorizedAccording 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
Judicial HellholesIn a big win for lovers of hamburgers and cheap toys, and in a stinging defeat for incompetent parents who can’t control the acquisitive impulses of their young children, a San Francisco judge yesterday thankfully disposed of another crazy California consumer class action — this one targeting McDonald’s — like a garbage bag full of stale buns
Judicial Hellholes, Points of LightJohn H. Cochrane’s Wall Street Journal piece, “What to Do on the Day After ObamaCare”, offers up a number of thoughtful, market-oriented health care reform alternatives that could quickly begin to reduce health care costs should the Supreme Court strike down current law. Glaringly omitted from Mr. Cochrane’s proposals, however, is any mention of meaningful medical tort reform.
Judicial HellholesLouisiana has joined the growing majority of states whose high courts have upheld statutory limits on medical liability damages awarded by juries. These limits provide greater protection for doctors, which decrease the likelihood of doctors fleeing the state, thereby, increasing patients’ access to health care and increasing the standard of care which is available.
Points of LightThis past week, ATRA, in conjunction with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Ohio Alliance for Civil Justice and the US Chamber of Commerce, filed an amicus brief in the case of Cullen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance. The Brief urges the Ohio State Supreme Court to overturn the decision of the Court of Appeals and hold that the trial court was correct to consider the factual and legal merits of the case when determining whether or not to certify the class under Rule 23.
Judicial Hellholes, UncategorizedComing 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
Judicial Hellholes, Points of LightA federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas has upheld the constitutionality of the Lone Star State’s 2003 limits on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases
Points of LightAfter recently asking his political supporters to help him block pending state legislation that would cramp his pay-to-play style, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has stepped in it real good with his latest closed-door hiring of outside counsel, according to Magnolia State media folk
UncategorizedIn a previous Hellholes post, Will Concussion Lawsuits Sack the NFL, we discussed the potential impact that concussion lawsuits may have on the NFL. On March 23, 2012, former Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Rypien became the lead plaintiff in the latest class-action lawsuit against the League.
UncategorizedIn recent weeks, US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D) has taken California legislators to task and urged them to address the excessive amount of “predatory” disability lawsuits that are plaguing the state.
UncategorizedATRA is calling upon New York State to order an “older driver” reevaluation for the 83-year-old plaintiff who’s filed a $1 million lawsuit against Apple after she blindly walked into a glass wall at one of its stores
Judicial HellholesAs 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.
Points of LightOn 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
Judicial HellholesAn excellent op-ed by an ATRA ally in New Jersey encourages small business owners to get involved in politics and policy
Judicial HellholesVideo cameras appear to be on their way to the plaintiff-friendly courts of Madison County as part of a pilot program recently approved by the Illinois Supreme Court
Judicial HellholesJudicial Hellholes California, Florida, New York and West Virginia were home to some of the most absurdly outsized (and costly to us all) medical liability verdicts since 2010.
Judicial HellholesMadison County’s controversial asbestos litigation system is once again under fire and causing a stir. Recently, presiding Judge Clarence Harrison
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