'Judicial hellhole' losing reputation thanks to voters
Wednesday June 14, 2006
There's been a revolution of sorts in the court system in southern Illinois, and it's all for the better.
Look at the number of class-action cases filed in Madison County. That area, just across the river from St. Louis, had recently been considered a "plaintiff's paradise" for venue-shopping attorneys who were seeking a county with friendly judges and juries inclined to favorable awards against big businesses.
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