Excessive litigation in the New Orleans-Metairie area results in a “tort tax” of $3,039 per person, while the Baton Rouge area residents carry a burden of $1,263 per person, new economic reports show.
Louisiana has retained its longtime designation as a Judicial Hellhole by the American Tort Reform Foundation, whose 2023-2024 annual report found the Bayou State was the seventh-worst civil litigation jurisdiction in the country.
Louisiana had the sixth highest share of personal injury lawsuits per capita among the 50 states during the year ending March 31, with 16.71 lawsuits being filed per 100,000 residents, according to a Florida law firm.
Louisiana loses almost 50,000 jobs annually and struggles with a “tort tax” of $1,200 per resident as a result of excessive civil court costs, according to data released this week by Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch.
As the 2023 Louisiana State Legislature session moves forward, the Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch is keeping tabs on a few things being discussed by legislators.
A special session of the Louisiana Legislature to encourage property insurers to do more business in the state got under way this week with Louisiana elected officials describing the effort as a first step to stabilize homeowners’ insurance rates.
Louisiana finished seventh on the American Tort Reform Foundation’s new Judicial Hellholes report, a slight improvement over last year’s report but an indication to tort reform supporters that more reforms are necessary.
Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week, which is observed in Louisiana and other regions of the U.S. during the first week of October, this year highlighted the need for more legal reforms in Louisiana at a time when the cost of property insurance is ballooning.
Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch (LLAW) is urging Gov. John Bel Edwards to sign two bills passed by the state Legislature this year that aim to restrict deceptive legal advertising.
Rising auto insurance rates in Louisiana and frustrations over insurers’ responses to Hurricane Ida may be dampening some state lawmakers’ support for civil litigation reforms, but tort-reform advocates say previously passed reforms will pay off in time.
New Orleans area residents pay $2.2 billion annually in excessive civil court costs, resulting in a “tort tax” of $2,763 per person and job losses of nearly 35,000, according to a new study from Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch (LLAW).
Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week is observed each October by Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch and civil justice reform organizations across the U.S. to inform citizens about the costs and consequences of lawsuit abuse and encourage elected officials to bring fairness and common sense to civil justice systems.
A recent announcement that a Louisiana district court judge will face a November hearing on unethical conduct during a 2018 election campaign is evidence that the state is making some progress on increasing judicial transparency.
Louisiana this month earned a spot on the American Tort Reform Foundation’s “Everlasting Judicial Hellholes” list, placing the Pelican State among seven jurisdictions that were cited for chronic civil justice problems.
The recent decision issued by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of oil and gas defendants fighting unfounded coastal lawsuits is encouraging, as it opens the door for these cases to be heard in federal court. That’s where they should be.
The only attorney who has so far been charged in an elaborate staged-accident scheme to defraud insurers and trucking companies has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
A legal reform advocate is hopeful that Gov. John Bel Edward will approve a bill that reins in trial lawyer advertising based on the overwhelming support it received in the legislature.
The Louisiana Supreme Court has adopted new rules on attorney advertising in an attempt to make such commercial messaging more transparent and to root out false or misleading ads.
The long, drawn out saga of Louisiana’s coastal lawsuits continues, with bills crafted by trial lawyers that could encourage more meritless litigation and divert funding from our coast.
Last year's tort reforms notwithstanding, Louisiana is still sustaining billions in lost economic activity and wages, not to mention thousands of jobs, according to a recently released Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch (LLAW) report.
