ATRA: Asbestos Litigation ‘More Incredible Every Year’
From Legal Newsline
In light of the recent Judicial Hellhole Report released in December, it is clear that asbestos played a key role in the rankings, given what the report’s authors feel is a vast negative impact on the court system nationally.
American Tort Reform Association Director of Communications Darren McKinney said it is no coincidence that asbestos litigation has influenced the Judicial Hellhole investigations, as it is “the dominant mass tort” in America.
McKinney argues that no other tort has bankrupted hundreds of companies nor is generating billions of dollars in litigations, settlements and verdicts in plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions.
“If anyone wants to know why asbestos seems to get significant attention in the Hellhole report every year,” McKinney said, “it’s because it gets more incredible every year!”
In fact, asbestos can be attributed to the primary reason behind three of ATRA’s top six Judicial Hellholes of 2013: California, New York City and Madison/St. Clair counties in Illinois.
Asbestos is a somewhat new reason to drag New York City down this year – previously awarded a Judicial Hellhole ranking thanks to its roughly 2,000 lawsuits against the police department.
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From Legal Newsline
In light of the recent Judicial Hellhole Report released in December, it is clear that asbestos played a key role in the rankings, given what the report’s authors feel is a vast negative impact on the court system nationally.
American Tort Reform Association Director of Communications Darren McKinney said it is no coincidence that asbestos litigation has influenced the Judicial Hellhole investigations, as it is “the dominant mass tort” in America.
McKinney argues that no other tort has bankrupted hundreds of companies nor is generating billions of dollars in litigations, settlements and verdicts in plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions.
“If anyone wants to know why asbestos seems to get significant attention in the Hellhole report every year,” McKinney said, “it’s because it gets more incredible every year!”
In fact, asbestos can be attributed to the primary reason behind three of ATRA’s top six Judicial Hellholes of 2013: California, New York City and Madison/St. Clair counties in Illinois.
Asbestos is a somewhat new reason to drag New York City down this year – previously awarded a Judicial Hellhole ranking thanks to its roughly 2,000 lawsuits against the police department.
Read more in our daily News Update...