WASHINGTON – The verdict is in: Georgia has the dubious honor of being No. 1 worst Judicial Hellhole in the nation.
This designation from the American Tort Reform Foundation’s 2023-2024 report reflects a landscape rife with excessive, “nuclear” verdicts, expanded premises liability, and questionable decisions by the Georgia Supreme Court.
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