{"id":8444,"date":"2009-12-31T08:54:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T13:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=8444"},"modified":"2009-12-31T08:54:16","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T13:54:16","slug":"recession-injuries-reach-the-legal-emergency-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2009\/12\/recession-injuries-reach-the-legal-emergency-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Recession Injuries Reach the Legal Emergency Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8445\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"emergencyroom\" src=\"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/emergencyroom.jpg\" alt=\"emergencyroom\" width=\"202\" height=\"197\" \/>No one would be surprised to learn the work of the courts relates to the economy, but it\u2019s nevertheless intriguing to see how the courts have taken up \u201cclean-up\u201d work related to the recent economic collapse.\u00a0 According to a report in the <em>New York Times <\/em>on December 28, 2009, the courts have a huge number of new filings related to deals that went awry and also to bad debts.\u00a0 In addition, there are rapidly increasing claims of domestic violence in homes affected by unemployment and lost wages.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">To be specific:\u00a0 For New York in 2009, contract disputes are up\u00a0nine percent, and foreclosure filings\u00a0seventeen percent.\u00a0 Cases involving charges of assault by family members are up\u00a0eighteen percent.\u00a0 In Arizona, eviction cases tripled in 2009, and in Florida there were a staggering 400,000 foreclosure filings during the past year.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Jonathan Lippman, New York\u2019s chief judge, said of the courts, \u201cWe are the emergency room for society,\u201d and there seems some connotative truth to his metaphor. \u00a0What\u2019s more, cases related to the recession seem likely to keep heading to the legal emergency room.\u00a0 While the economy itself seems to be rebounding, economic troubles only gradually become legal cases.\u00a0 Court administrators are bracing for even more filings related to business disputes, foreclosures, evictions, and family violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one would be surprised to learn the work of the courts relates to the economy, but it\u2019s nevertheless intriguing to see how the courts have taken up \u201cclean-up\u201d work related to the recent economic collapse.\u00a0 According to a report in the New York Times on December 28, 2009, the courts have a huge number 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