The state of lawsuit abuse in America.
Predatory billboard firms and venue-shopping plaintiffs’ lawyers don’t operate the same way in every state. Use the map below to see where consumers are protected, where they’re being exploited, and where reform is still needed.
Where lawsuit abuse is winning, and where consumers are fighting back.
These are the states where the fight is most active — proven reform wins, and documented fraud rings driving up costs for everyone else. Click a state for the story.
States delivering measurable savings after enacting meaningful tort, venue, or legal-advertising reforms.
States with documented legal-fraud rings, organized staged-crash conspiracies, or entrenched lawsuit abuse.
States where reform activity has not yet reached national attention, though efforts are advancing in many.
Designations draw on state-level legislative tracking, PACT’s own reporting on billboard-lawyer saturation, runaway verdicts, and venue abuse, and the American Tort Reform Association’s annual Judicial Hellholes report. Categories are directional, not exhaustive. A state can move between buckets as legislatures act or fail to act.
If your state has passed reform we haven’t captured, or you’ve been targeted by a billboard firm whose tactics belong on this map, tell us. Every story sharpens the picture.