From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 24-Sep-15 10:25, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   >> To an extent, it doesn't matter since courts are not allowed to   
   >> even accept an employment discrimination case until the EEOC   
   >> agrees, and they reject the vast majority of claims.  OTOH, if the   
   >> EEOC allows a case to move forward, there's a high likelihood of   
   >> winning--and the defendant will usually try to settle.   
   >   
   > Some places have their own discrimination boards; Philadelphia has a   
   > Human Relations Commission that pre-dates Federal stuff.   
      
   Does that preempt federal law and the EEOC, though?   
      
   >> ITYM defendant, since the plaintiff chooses where to file the case,   
   >> and naturally they're going to pick the one that is most favorable   
   >> to their interests, known as "venue shopping".   
   >   
   > Well, a state case has to be filed in the relevant county per law.   
   > The case at hand dealt entirely with issues of a suburban nature, so   
   > the case had to be filed in the county it occured, a suburban   
   > county.   
      
   OTOH, if it's a class action suit, which is quite common, the lawyers   
   will choose the lead plaintiff based on whose venue is most favorable.   
      
   > FWIW, the Inquirer did a study and found that in tort cases,   
   > plaintiffs made out much better within Philadelphia than   
   > elsewhere--more likely to win the case, and more likely to win   
   > significantly bigger damages.  Undoubtedly a reason why auto   
   > insurance in Philadephia costs much more than in the suburbs, and   
   > many times as much as in a rural county.   
      
   AFAIK. that's true in every urban area.  Auto insurance rates go up with   
   population density; very few claims ever go to court, so that's unlikely   
   to be a significant factor.   
      
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