Corporate counsel rate Georgia #31 in receptivity to corporate defendants
An annual nationwide survey of 1,599 in-house attorneys and senior litigators at companies with annual revenues of at least $100 million ranked Georgia #31 of 50 states on criteria such as juries' "fairness " toward corporate defendants (or unfairness to injury victims?), judges' "impartiality" (or bias against plaintiffs?) and disinclination to award punitive damages against corporations. Long-time corporate haven Delaware was #1 with a rating score of 75.6. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and West Virginia were rated the least favorable for corporate defendants.
Georgia, ranked #31 in receptivity to corporate defendants, had a rating score of 61.2. Other neighboring states' rankings and scores were: Tennessee (#7, 68.2), North Carolina (# 16, 65.9), Florida (#36, 58.1) and South Carolina (#37, 58.1).
The American Association for Justice, a national trial lawyers group, called the chamber's survey "bogus" and issued its own report, "The Ten Worst States to Get Sick or Injured In." The report highlights states that cap damages in personal injury lawsuits. Jon Haber, chief executive officer of the AAJ, called the survey "propaganda" spun by "corporate lawyers earning millions of dollars defending their CEOs from being held accountable."
The Shigley Law Firm represents plaintiffs in wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases statewide in Georgia, and in other states subject to the multijurisdictional practice and pro hac vice rules in each state. Ken Shigley was designated as a "SuperLawyer" in Atlanta Magazine and one of the "Legal Elite" in Georgia Trend Magazine. He is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, Chair of the Southeastern Motor Carrier Liability Institute and former chair of the Georgia Insurance Law Institute. He particularly focuses on cases arising from truck wrecks and accidents (tractor trailers truck wrecks, semi truck wrecks,18 wheeler truck wrecks, big rig truck wrecks, log truck wrecks, dump truck wrecks.
