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Recession Means Cases Flooding Courts

The NY Times wrote today that the Recession is having an impact on New York's Court system.  As the article goes, the recession is causing those not normally involved in the Courts into the Courts.  The article notes that credit card companies and mortgage companies are suing more than usual to recover for sums loaned out but not paid.  Obviously, because of the recession, people are losing jobs (or their net worth is shrinking), making them unable to repay.  In addition, in the criminal context, petty criminal offenders are increasing, like those who jump turnstyles in the City's transit systems.  The overall affect is that there will be more delays in the Courts.  Delays means it will take you longer to resolve your lawsuit.  Notable in the lawsuit, at least to me, is the fact that the article made no mention that personal injury cases are increasing.  This is interesting since defendants generally take the posistion that people only sue because they need the money and not because they are hurt.  But, if this were true, then shouldn't there have been a major increase in personal injury cases in the last year?