Louisiana
The Pelican State’s legal climate has suffered at the hands of powerful trial attorneys and the politicians they have controlled
Madison and Cook Counties, Illinois
Madison and Cook counties have become perennial Judicial Hellholes known for disproportionate volumes of litigation and large verdicts. Plaintiff-friendly judges
New Jersey
In Roman mythology, Janus was a two-faced god that controlled transitions and time, at once looking forward while also reflecting on the
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has long been a national center for product liability litigation. The court’s Complex Litigation
NYCAL
Since 2013 the Judicial Hellholes report has faithfully if discouragingly reported on the brazenly plaintiff-favoring ways of New York City’s Asbestos Litigation
St. Louis, Missouri
As Bloomberg has reported, City of St. Louis courts are known for “fast trials, favorable rulings, and big awards.” But by virtue of
California
If most lawmakers in Sacramento and the reliably generous plaintiffs’ lawyers who write campaign checks to keep them there can
Florida
The Florida Supreme Court’s liability-expanding decisions and barely contained contempt for the lawmaking authority of legislators and the governor have
2017-2018 Executive Summary
The 2017-2018 Judicial Hellholes report shines its brightest spotlight on eight jurisdictions or courts that have earned reputations as Judicial Hellholes. Some are known for welcoming litigation tourism or as hotbeds for asbestos litigation, and in all of them too many judges seem more eager to expand civil liability than to respect precedent and the policy-making authority of duly elected lawmakers.
