‘Judicial Hellhole’ Report Pushes Need for Balanced Civil Justice System

December 17, 2008

  • December 17, 2008 at 9:35 am
    ad says:
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    Where’s New Orleans? I know we’re at the top.

  • December 17, 2008 at 1:49 am
    Weak People Blame Other says:
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    Considering So. Florida leads the Nation in health care fraud, and the elected county judges are beholden to these same medical providers and their lawyers for their lofty titles, 2nd place is an insult.

  • December 17, 2008 at 2:36 am
    ms says:
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    Anyone that believes Madison County is a fair place to try a case, has not tried a case in Madison County. The juries may be coming around but the judges are not. But their campaign contributions seem to be doing just fine.

  • December 17, 2008 at 3:45 am
    Madmatter says:
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    New Orleans couldn’t play here. Professionals are excluded from the competition.

  • December 18, 2008 at 4:14 am
    Claimsperson says:
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    Did Dickie post the court records comment? Oh no..wait….He’s in jail. But maybe they give him a computer.
    I agree West Virginia deserves first place hands down. Anyone who disagrees has never had the misfortune to get ripped off there by thoroughly corrupt plaintiffs’ lawyers, judges, and juries.

  • December 17, 2008 at 4:55 am
    The U.S. Court of Appeals for says:
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    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ordered a federal district court in Oregon to determine whether the public can see court records and evidence in a consumer fraud case that State Farm Insurance Company has battled for eight years to keep secret. On June 18, 2003, the Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited decision in State Farm v. Foltz reversing a trial court ruling that permitted the blanket sealing of discovery materials and court records in a consumer fraud case against State Farm Insurance Company. Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ), a nationwide public interest law firm that intervened in the case on behalf of several non-profit groups that monitor insurance fraud, had urged the Court to rule as it did.

    The information, which has been under seal since the underlying case against State Farm settled in 1998, may contain important evidence of abusive insurance practices. The Court of Appeals ruled that the documents were improperly sealed without any demonstration of a legitimate need for secrecy, and sent the case back to the trial court to decide whether a compelling interest exists to justify sealing evidence of State Farm’s misconduct.

    “You can’t have corporate accountability if you have unnecessary court secrecy.”
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  • December 17, 2008 at 4:57 am
    , which has been under seal says:
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    eight years to keep secret

  • December 18, 2008 at 5:01 am
    vince phillips says:
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    This may be the first time since the list was established that Philadelphia did not make the top of the list.

  • December 18, 2008 at 9:35 am
    nobody important says:
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    Do the State Farm haters just post on every question regardless of any applicability? You are boring and totally inffective individuals. I just hate the cut and past posters. They have no original thoughts. I still think most of these are professional posters hired to run down the insurance industry. Boring and ineffective. Does anyone actually read these once they see the cut and paste?

  • December 23, 2008 at 7:33 am
    Cooked in Cook County says:
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    Look at wonderful Cook County – home of the worst court decisions ever ! And everyone remember and watch, this is the environment that groomed and raised Barack. Deceit, deception, corruption, and liberal interpretation.

    Wonderful.



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