FEWER LAWSUITS FILED IN 2010 THAN IN 2009
According to a recent report from the National Center for State Courts, civil filings through-out the state declined approximately 2 per cent in 2010 as compared to 2009. The same study also showed that California had fewer civil cases filed per capita versus other states. Of the 29 states and the District of Columbia that were actually profiled in the study, California ranked 28th in the number of civil cases filed. In 2010 California had 3,308 civil cases filed per 100,000 people, compared to top-ranked New Jersey with 11,625 civil cases filed per 100,000 people. California is often unfairly profiled as being an overly-litigious state, usually by various "tort reform" groups whose avowed agenda is the curtailing of consumers' rights to access the civil justice system. California continues to be plagued by a backlog in its courts system of both civil and criminal cases, thanks to the current budgetary crisis in Sacramento and in the various counties and cities that also support the court system. When this will improve is anybody's guess.
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