The 2022-2023 Judicial Hellholes® report shines its brightest spotlight on eight jurisdictions that have earned reputations as Judicial Hellholes®. Some are known for allowing innovative lawsuits to proceed or for welcoming litigation tourism, and in all of them state leadership seems eager to expand civil liability at every given opportunity.
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download reportThe 2021- 2022 Judicial Hellholes® report shines its brightest spotlight on eight jurisdictions that have earned reputations as Judicial Hellholes®. Some are known for allowing innovative lawsuits to proceed or for welcoming litigation tourism, and in all of them state leadership seems eager to expand civil liability at every given opportunity.
Hellholes: 1. California 2. New York 3. Georgia Supreme Court 4. Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 5. Cook, Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois 6. Louisiana 7. City of St. Louis 8. South Carolina Asbestos Litigation
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