Twin Cities, Minnesota
Troubling trends in Twin Cities courtrooms, unprincipled actions by Minnesota’s attorney general and multiple vetoes of commonsense reforms by Governor
St. Clair and Madison Counties, Illinois
St. Clair and Madison Counties continue to house a powerful plaintiffs’ bar and are notorious for their disproportionate volumes of
New Jersey Legislature
In 2018, the New Jersey legislature distinguished itself as the most plaintiff-friendly legislature in the country. It immediately looked to
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas continues to be a national epicenter for product liability litigation. The court’s Complex Litigation
Louisiana
The Pelican State once again appears on this year’s Judicial Hellholes list largely due to former plaintiffs’ attorney and now
#4 The City of St. Louis, Missouri
The optimism for restoring balance in the City of St. Louis’s legal environment described in last year’s report quickly evaporated in 2018
New York City
Since 2013, the Judicial Hellholes report has focused on the brazenly plaintiff-favoring ways of the New York City Asbestos Litigation court
Florida
Florida has not only experienced a series of devastating hurricanes over the past year, but also a storm of unsound
California
A perennial Judicial Hellhole, California has once again regained its position atop the Judicial Hellholes list after a two-year hiatus.
2018-2019 Executive Summary
The 2018 – 2019 Judicial Hellholes report shines its brightest spotlight on nine jurisdictions, courts or legislatures 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 state leadership seems eager to expand civil liability.
