re: Excessive litigation costs the Louisiana economy $5.17B per year

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States where judges are appointed rather than elected do not have as many problems with nuclear verdicts, and the plaintiff’s bar is not the state’s biggest industry.

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Not according to this insurance industry funded lobbying publication:
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Florida, California, and New York produced the most nuclear verdicts in the study period, with a combined 575 verdicts worth over $10 million;
Noneconomic damages are typically the largest component of a nuclear verdict—in fact, i

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All three of those states have appointed judges.