And people wonder why Companies leave Illinois
” 3360 will end these maneuvers and more fully and fairly compensate victims for the harm they suffer” … and also give the lawyers a bigger paycheck too, but I’m sure that has absolutely no impact on their desire for the bill to pass. Nope, over there in the ITLA they’re all saints doing God’s work helping their fellow man, yes sir.
Starting the clock on interest before the defendants have any reason to pay up is absurd. It’s punishing defendants for utilizing their rights to take cases to court. And it’s not just going to be huge companies or employers who are affected by this. I’m generally on the side saying all corporations are evil, but come on now.
Illinois lawmakers spent nearly all of 2020 at home, choosing to let Gov. J.B. Pritzker navigate the COVID-19 pandemic without their guidance and seeing only a handful of new laws take effect in 2021. But, the final days of their session saw a flurry of legislation along with some high-profile bills that stalled out.
Cook, Madison, St. Clair counties rank among nation’s top ‘judicial hellholes’
Cook, Madison, St. Clair counties rank among nation’s top ‘judicial hellholes’ A trio of Illinois counties are known for being plaintiff friendly, especially for asbestos and no-injury biometric screening cases. COVID-19 liability is expected to fill future court dockets.
Cook, Madison and St. Clair counties rank No. 8 in the American Tort Reform Association’s annual report on “Judicial Hellholes,” which blames plaintiff-friendly courts and state laws for the designation.
“The Illinois General Assembly continues to look for innovative new ways to expand liability for businesses, increasing the financial burdens of doing business in the state,” the report stated Dec. 8. “At a time when business is reeling from the economic impact of COVID-19, the legislature should consider enacting reforms to ease the economic burden caused by abuses of the state’s civil justice system.
WBGZ Radio 12/10/2020 |
By Cole Lauterbach - Illinois Radio Network
Three Illinois counties remain on a list of “judicial hellholes,” or places a reform organization says are known for business-hostile rulings. A group representing the state’s trial lawyers says the report is “trying to capitalize” on the COVID-19 crisis.
The American Tort Reform Foundation released its annual “Judicial Hellholes” report, highlighting local and state jurisdictions they say abuse the court system to unfairly benefit the plaintiff’s bar. Three Illinois counties, Cook, Madison, and St.Clair, are listed as their seventh-worst set of jurisdictions.
“This trio of Illinois counties continues to be a preferred jurisdiction for plaintiffs’ lawyers thanks to no-injury lawsuits, plaintiff-friendly rulings in asbestos litigation, and the promise of a liability-expanding legislative agenda each and every year,” according to the report.
Even as the number of Illinoisans sickened by the coronavirus rises, and the state’s hospitals and ICUs fill with COVID-19 patients, a corporate front group is trying to capitalize on the crisis by disseminating misinformation intended to help its benefactors evade legal accountability for harm done to innocent people.
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