New York again scored as a major Judicial Hellhole, No. 2 in the nation﷽, ♒in the latest ranking from the American Tort Reform Foundation. Worse, in several areas we’re No. 1.
The Empire State, for example, leads the nation in Web-site lawsuits under the Americans With Disabilities Act, as well in food-related class-action suits (which have tripled since 2017). Blame juries that grant wild damages, lawmakers who keep passing pro-ambulance-chaser laws and an unregulated litigation-financing industry.
If she’s willing to stand up to the trial-lawyers lobby, Gov. Kathy Hochul can still veto some of the latest bad bills, such as the Comprehensive Insurance Disclosure Act and a radical expansion of the False Claiജm✨s Act.
“Questionable lawsuits and extortionate settlements increas𒁃e the cost of goods for everyone,” notes Tom Stebbins of the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York. “The civil-j🔯ustice system should not be a profit center for avaricious law firms or predatory lenders.”
But it won’t change until and unless the politicians stop enabling the bottom-feeding lawyers, and start cracking down ꦅon abusive litigation.