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flag Texas ranks third in Judicial Hellholes list for third year due to record $45B in large verdicts, fueled by excessive awards and pro-plaintiff bias.

flag Texas ranks third on the Judicial Hellholes watchlist for the third straight year, cited for a surge in excessive "nuclear verdicts" exceeding $10 million, with over $45 billion in large awards from 2009 to 2023. flag Recent cases include an $831 million verdict in a drunk driving crash and a $640 million wrongful death award, driven by non-economic damages and aggressive legal tactics. flag The watchdog group blames rising pro-plaintiff bias in trial courts and criticizes Attorney General Ken Paxton for hiring outside lawyers with personal ties, including one who billed $24,570 in a single day, raising concerns about taxpayer misuse and system abuse.

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