New Report Declares Los Angeles a 'Judicial Hellhole'
West News • December 17, 2004
A report released by the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) identifies Los Angeles as one of the nation's nine "judicial hellholes," further emphasizing the need for passage of civil justice ...
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Subject: RE: RE: Los Angeles Courts
Posted On: December 21, 2004, 12:18 pm CST
Posted By: Dean Blake
Comment:
OK, its not heaven, but you don't change the Common Law of England to satisfy people. Its a comprehensive system. Take Joint and Several Liability. The rich and powerful use the weak and poor like and hand in glove to steal - civil larceny. They 'discard' the 'glove' to the system and keep the loot and are immune without Joint and Several Liability. Deep pockets?
The Republic of Santa Monica is no more; they re-drew the Court's district lines so that the jury pool is more representative; you can live as far away as 20 miles, which is more than an hour driving to S.M. from the Valley. Yech.
'Roll the dice' is not a term any insurer utters; that's stupid Plainitff attorneys talking who don't know why the claim is payable and we don't tell'm why. Cheap insurers use out-of-house defense who will do cartwheels to keep the business and rack up billable hours becausee claim examiners don't know who to believe and can't do the work - underqualified, or they can't make financial objectives, so they fake it and cover with the excuse they don't want to roll the dice. Good legal counsel gives a coverage opinion that will stick. Bad management wants to meet their financial U/W objectives regardless of bad faith consequences.
If any have a complaint, let them name names of Judges they think are not qualified, are unfair or disobey the law. They already have a vice grip on political appointments and the usual tendency is to gravitate to incompetence and obediance rather than quality but fair; i.e. Judge Clarence Thomas. Look at the judges Gov. Dukmejian appointed; start at the top - Armand Arabian was a Sup. Ct. Justice and when he retired, no law firm wanted him! They usually get the primo jobs as partners in the best national firms when they step down. I'd be happier if everyone backed off and put fair, reasonable, educated and experienced judges on the bench and the insurers gave more credance to their legal staffs' opinions and direction.
West News 
Subject: RE: RE: Los Angeles Courts
The Republic of Santa Monica is no more; they re-drew the Court's district lines so that the jury pool is more representative; you can live as far away as 20 miles, which is more than an hour driving to S.M. from the Valley. Yech.
'Roll the dice' is not a term any insurer utters; that's stupid Plainitff attorneys talking who don't know why the claim is payable and we don't tell'm why. Cheap insurers use out-of-house defense who will do cartwheels to keep the business and rack up billable hours becausee claim examiners don't know who to believe and can't do the work - underqualified, or they can't make financial objectives, so they fake it and cover with the excuse they don't want to roll the dice. Good legal counsel gives a coverage opinion that will stick. Bad management wants to meet their financial U/W objectives regardless of bad faith consequences.
If any have a complaint, let them name names of Judges they think are not qualified, are unfair or disobey the law. They already have a vice grip on political appointments and the usual tendency is to gravitate to incompetence and obediance rather than quality but fair; i.e. Judge Clarence Thomas. Look at the judges Gov. Dukmejian appointed; start at the top - Armand Arabian was a Sup. Ct. Justice and when he retired, no law firm wanted him! They usually get the primo jobs as partners in the best national firms when they step down. I'd be happier if everyone backed off and put fair, reasonable, educated and experienced judges on the bench and the insurers gave more credance to their legal staffs' opinions and direction.