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That site's definition of "judicial hellhole" seems to be approximately "place they think is too easy for plaintiffs in personal injury or consumer protection l
by tzs 3y ago
That site's definition of "judicial hellhole" seems to be approximately "place they think is too easy for plaintiffs in personal injury or consumer protection lawsuits".
For example, a big part of why they ranked Pennsylvania as a top judicial hellhole is that the venue rules for medical malpractice lawsuits was changed from "must file in the county where the alleged injury occurred" to "can file where the alleged injury occurred, where the doctor lives, or where the provider operates a hospital or office".
Some reasons Georgia is #1 are a big verdict against Ford in a suit saying F-250s have weak roofs that greatly increase the danger in a roll over accidents and a state Supreme Court ruling allowing a lawsuit to proceed against Snapchat from an accident where someone going 107 mph (they were trying to generate a post using Snapchat's Speed Filter that would show over 100 mph).