Lawsuit abuse hurts everyone. CALA is made up of supporters like you who call out lawsuit abuse wherever you see it. Use these tools to help spread the word about lawsuit abuse and ensure our courts are used for justice, not greed.

Reports & Studies

Read more about the impact of lawsuit abuse on consumers, taxpayers, businesses, and our courts.

• Do Californians Answer the Call to Serve on a Jury? A Report on California Rates of Jury Service Participation (May 2015)
  This report  analyzes the participation rate among summoned jurors in California across 15
  California counties, finding that an unacceptably large portion of Californians are not completing their jury service when they are called to serve.
• Schools Cut Back as Litigation Costs Eat into Budgets (August 2014)
  This report analyzes the cost of litigation to 12 California school districts over a period of three fiscal years from 2010 to 2013, and found that the districts combined spent $125.6 million over the three years. See the related infographic here.
• Ulterior Motives: How Abusive Lawsuits in California’s Central Valley Suppress Job Growth in an Already Depressed Economy (June 2011)
  The report analyzes how abusive litigation is being used to shut down, delay, or otherwise obstruct business development in the economically-depressed Central Valley.

• Schools Cut Back as Litigation Costs Eat Into Budgets (August 2014)
• INFOGRAPHIC: Schools Cut Back As Litigation Costs Eat Into Budgets
• Ulterior Motives: How Abusive Lawsuits in California’s Central Valley Suppress Job Growth in an Already Depressed Economy
• More Lawyers, Less Public Services: The Cost of Litigation to California’s Cities and Counties
• Minority Small Business Owners Tell CALA Abusive Lawsuits are Hurting Their Businesses and Communities
• Small Business Owners, Community Leaders Call for Legal Reform
• CALA Voter Survey on the Impact of Lawsuit Abuse on California’s Economy
• At Every Turn… California Chooses Bad Lawsuits Instead of Good Jobs
• Lessons in Lawsuits: The Impact of Litigation on California’s Schools
• The Hidden Impact of Lawsuit Abuse on Taxpayers
• The Effect of Lawsuit Abuse on California’s Small Businesses: A Survey of California’s Small Business Owners
• Citizens in Chains: The High Cost of Prisoner Lawsuits to California Taxpayers
• Survey of California’s Attitudes towards Jury Service
• The Fourth ‘R’ of California’s School Districts: Ripped Off by Litigation
• Litigation Costs and Opportunities Lost: The Fiscal Impact of Lawsuit Abuse on California’s Largest Cities and Counties

Victim Testimonials

Hear from victims of lawsuit abuse in their own words.

Theresa Stanley
Theresa Stanley, an attorney and trustee of the Folsom Cordova School Board, thinks that, given all the cuts to education, the last thing schools need is lawsuits diverting badly-needed funds away from classrooms.

Andy Chikkara
Andy Chikkara, Chairman of the Fresno Neighborhood Market Association and a small business owner, knows that lawsuit abuse is hurting businesses — especially small businesses — in Fresno County. He urges the state legislature to hear the pleas of small business owners and enact legal reforms.

Kyle Kirkland
Kyle Kirkland, President and General Manager of Club One Casino, calls for legal reforms to prevent trial lawyers from filing shakedown lawsuits against California’s businesses.