The list of "judicial hellholes" unveiled today shows that whiletort reforms can help, it is up to the courts to apply the rulesfairly, according to the American Tort Reform Association(ATRA).
"Judicial hellholes," said ATRA President Sherman Joyce, arejurisdictions where defendants are at a significant disadvantagedue to bias of plaintiff-friendly court, or courts where "we thinkthe access to civil justice on an equal basis" does not exist.
Replacing Madison County, Ill., for first place was the RioGrande Valley and Gulf Coast of Texas–despite the fact that theTexas legislature has enacted a series of tort reforms in recentyears.
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