Pennsylvania enjoys fame as home of the 2010 AFC champions, Punxsutawney Phil and the Christmas Tree Capital of the World, to name a few. But not all of the Keystone State's titles elicit pride. Pennsylvania also is home to one of the country's worst tort climates. In fact, Philadelphia recently was named the top "judicial hellhole" for 2010-11 by the American Tort Reform Foundation.
La organización American Tort Reform Foundation (ATRF) listó al sistema judicial del Condado de Los Ángeles como un "lugar de mala muerte judicial" en su reporte anual que busca, según sus autores, señalar los lugares en el país donde "la escala de justicia se encuentra fuera de balance" y proveer soluciones. Según Darren McKinney, director de comunicaciones de ATRF, el condado angelino ha formado parte de la lista de seguimiento de esta organización desde el año 2002 y, considerado como un "banco" por los abogados independientes, se ha convertido en el lugar "más inhóspito para los demandados en cortes civiles". Pareciera que en Los Ángeles todo el mundo es víctima de discriminación y pide dinero por eso", expresó [McKinney]. "Es increíble, todos son víctimas, al final reciben millone...
Frivolous suits It's time once again for the American Tort Reform Foundation's annual "Judicial Hellholes" report, with counties in Nevada and New Jersey joining perennial parts of Florida, Texas, Illinois and West Virginia as the nation's most unfair civil court jurisdictions.
A Washington nonprofit took Madison County, Ill., off its list of "judicial hellholes" but handed the Missouri Supreme Court a dishonorable mention for two of its decisions this year. The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its annual "Judicial Hellholes" report on Tuesday. The group faulted the Supreme Court in part for reversing a St. Louis trial judge's decision to deny class certification in a toxic lead case.
Known as "the bank" by attorneys because of its excessive jury verdicts, Los Angeles County has the sixth most unjust civil court system in the nation, according to an annual report to be released today. Claiming the county is one of the most desirable places in the nation to file lawsuits, the Washington, D.C.- based American Tort Reform Foundation listed it as one of seven "judicial hellholes" nationwide.
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THE Council for Community and Economic Development has applied to the Hugh I. Shott Jr. Foundation of Bluefield for a $25,000 grant to study state tax modernization and judicial reform, said Ralph Bean, council chairman. Bean said the council has asked the Vision Shared Results-Based Government Task Force, headed by Tom Heywood, to take the lead in the studies.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton issued the following statement in a coalition press conference held today by 10 groups, including Judicial Watch, Taxpayers for Common Sense, National Taxpayers Union and a number of reform groups urging the incoming House leadership of the 112th Congress to continue the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) and to oppose any efforts to weaken or undermine the office: I'm Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch. Judicial Watch is a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation which advocates high standards of ethics and morality in our nation's public life and seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials obey the law and do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people. H...
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