Since expanding the scope of its annual report to include the New Jersey Legislature rather than only courts, a group known for designating what it sees as pro-plaintiff jurisdictions as “hellholes” has again included the Trenton lawmaking body on its list.
The American Tort Reform Association’s “Judicial Hellholes” report included New Jersey’s legislature for the first time last year, and in this year’s installment, released Monday, it ranks No. 10—because of legislative measures implicating arbitration and other business issues.