“Cook County is home to a disproportionate amount of the state’s litigation and nuclear verdicts,” the American Tort Reform Association said in the report released Tuesday morning. “No-injury litigation, including claims filed under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act and consumer protection laws, also contributes to Cook County’s sustained appearance on the Judicial Hellholes report.”
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.