[StBernard] Louisiana's Lawsuit Industry Exposed

Westley Annis Westley at da-parish.com
Tue Dec 23 20:55:51 EST 2008


"We can take steps to rein in excessive and abusive litigation. The costs
of inaction are simply too great."

Thomas J. Donohue
President and CEO
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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Louisiana's Lawsuit Industry Exposed
While State's Economy Suffers - Lawsuit Industry Prospers

Click here to view the report and contact Governor Jindal
<http://list1.ilrmail.org/t/246534/33968227/2485/0/> Louisiana has one of
the most abusive lawsuit climates in the country - and a new report exposes
the trial lawyers who have made it that way.

The Manhattan Institute's Trial Lawyers, Inc: Louisiana report shows which t
rial lawyers are finding the Bayou State a good place to sue.

Louisiana ranks forty-ninth among all fifty states in the fairness of its
litigation environment, according to Lawsuit Climate 2008: Rating the
States, an annual assessment of state liability systems conducted by Harris
Interactive and released U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR).

As the new Trial Law yers, Inc. report
<http://list1.ilrmail.org/t/246534/33968227/2485/0/> states:

"The troubled state of Louisiana has lost 200,000 residents in the
years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Even so, one segment
of the population -- trial lawyers -- is finding the state to be an
excellent place to hang out and do business. Long a lawsuit-friendly
jurisdiction, Louisiana has become a magnet for mass tort lawyers squeezed
by comprehensive tort reform in neighboring states such as Texas and
Mississippi."

Read the report today - and email Governor Jindal to urge him to champion
lawsuit reform in the Bayou State.
<http://list1.ilrmail.org/t/246534/33968227/2485/0/>


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The Institute for Legal Reform
<http://list1.ilrmail.org/t/246534/33968227/1423/0/> is an advocacy group
working to end lawsuit abuse. ILR is a national campaign of the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce, with the critical mission
<http://list1.ilrmail.org/t/246534/33968227/39/0/> of making America's
legal system simpler, faster, and fairer f or everyone.






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