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The Illinois Campaign for Legal Reform is a project of theU.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform(ILR). This campaign has been established to provide you with the latest information on activities and events related to our goal of reforming Illinois' legal system. Illinois can't afford the high price of lawsuit abuse -- and that's why we are working to bring sensible legal reform!
Illinois Survey Shows Strong Support for Lawsuit Reform!
A recent online survey of Illinois voters conducted by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) showed strong support for lawsuit reform. Since we launched the nationwide Legal Reform Survey, more than 15,000 Americans have participated and more than 2,000 have offered personal comments about the issue.
Here in the Prairie State, an overwhelming number of Illinoisans agree that we need to restore balance to our legal system through common sense lawsuit reforms.
Survey Says... Illinois Needs Lawsuit Reform
Here is one of the results of the online survey:
A recent Harris survey ranked Illinois as one of the worst states in the country (46th out 50) for lawsuit abuse. Do you agree that Illinois needs meaningful lawsuit reforms to protect employers, consumers and working familes?
Strongly Agree -- 75.7%
Somewhat Agree - 7.1%
Somewhat Disagree - 2%
Strongly Disagree - 15.2%
New Study: Illinois One of Worst States in Country for Lawsuit Abuse
This week ILR, in conjunction with renowned research firm Harris Interactive, released Lawsuit Climate 2008: Ranking the States -- its annual study examining the court systems in each state to determine which are the most fair and balanced and which are broken and in need of change.
Cook County: Second Worst in the Nation Survey respondents also rated Cook County as the second worst legal environment in the country, trailing only Los Angeles.
Even though it is home to less than half the state's population, Cook County accounts for nearly two-thirds of all of Illinois' civil litigation. And last November, a Cook County judge struck down a significant legal reform designed to control runaway awards in medical malpractice lawsuits.
