Tomorrow America turns 250.
Our Founders built a legal system for fairness and equal justice — not one rigged for the highest bidder.
Illinois trial lawyers have other ideas.
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250 years after independence, America's founding promise was equal justice under law.
Illinois' lawsuit climate isn't living up to it.
$2,004 per person. 214,039 jobs. Gone.
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Coming in July: more on how Illinois' lawsuit climate is costing families, jobs, and opportunity.
And why 250 years after independence, the fight for equal justice still matters.
Follow @TortReformIL.
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Shoutout to @AmTortReform and @SHAPE_Illinois — fighting alongside IL CALA for a fairer civil justice system in Illinois.
When trial lawyers have the political upper hand, coalitions are how families fight back.
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Illinois families don't pay the tort tax at the courthouse.
They pay it at the grocery store. In their insurance bill. At the gas pump.
$2,004 per person per year — hidden in every purchase.
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BIPA was meant to protect workers' privacy.
Trial lawyers turned it into a lottery ticket.
No harm required. Just a technicality and a lawsuit.
Illinois can protect privacy without enabling abuse.
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Illinois courts: where the actual bad guys walk free and someone else pays the bill.
That's lawsuit abuse. That's the system trial lawyers built.
IL CALA is fighting to change it.
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Illinois Judicial Hellhole ranking: #7 nationally.
214,039 jobs lost. $25.5 billion in output gone.
That's not an abstraction. That's Illinois families and employers paying for a broken legal climate.
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Trial lawyers flood Springfield with campaign cash — then write the laws that protect their ability to sue.
Speaker Welch: $80,000. Senate President Harmon: $75,000. Average Illinois family: $0 representation.
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Illinois employers factor legal risk into every hiring decision and expansion plan.
A $2,004 per person tort tax doesn't just show up in courtrooms. It shows up in fewer jobs.
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Will public nuisance law expand too far in Illinois? Courts have held the line, but aggressive efforts by Chicago are eroding good governance and democracy. Our latest in @CrainsChicago https://t.co/mxCLicHYcD . .
Chicago sued Kia. The car thieves walked free.
Who won? Trial lawyers.
Who lost? Chicago families.
This is Illinois lawsuit abuse — following the deep pocket, not the wrongdoing.
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Hedge funds and foreign investors can secretly fund Illinois lawsuits and profit from verdicts.
Courts don't have to be told. Defendants don't have to be told.
That's not justice. That's a rigged game. Illinois needs transparency reform.
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Cook County, Madison County, and St. Clair County: #7 on the national Judicial Hellholes list.
That ranking costs Illinois jobs, investment, and economic opportunity — every single year.
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A small business installs a timeclock. A trial lawyer files a BIPA lawsuit.
No employee was harmed. No privacy was violated.
But the lawsuit costs are very real. This is Illinois lawsuit abuse.
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Illinois families pay $2,004 per person per year in hidden tort taxes.
That's higher grocery bills. Higher insurance. Higher rent.
Not because of inflation. Because of lawsuit abuse.
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@CrainsChicago, Insurers in Florida are sending $1billion rebates to members in Florida because of #tortreform, meanwhile Illinois consumers are paying higher and higher premiums every year to pay for bad civil justice climate in Illinois.
When litigation costs decrease, consumers can see real savings.
From @mysuncoast: "USAA says it will return nearly $1 billion to eligible members in Florida, including an average 14% cut in auto rates and hundreds of millions in dividends."
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