
Nuclear Verdicts Explode in No. 1 Judicial Hellhole Georgia
Recording-breaking $1.7 billion verdict doled out while residents pay $1,111 annual “tort tax”
Recording-breaking $1.7 billion verdict doled out while residents pay $1,111 annual “tort tax”
Americans pay a ‘tort tax’ of more than $1,300 each year
From 2017 through 2021, trial lawyer groups flooded Georgia airwaves
with more than 3.4 million TV ads
State Supreme Court’s penchant for
liability expansion a major contributing factor
High-dollar verdicts and liability expansion to blame
Report names two Pennsylvania courts to top spot