Court System Is 'Dead-Ass Broke,' Judge Says

Funding for Alabama courts, including those that handle workers’ compensation claims disputes, has dropped so much that trials have been postponed indefinitely and clerks have been laid off. A circuit court judge in Mobile set the legal community abuzz this week when he issued an order of continuance that laid bare just how dire the situation has become. “Please don’t expect a quick reset since jury terms are fewer and farther between in 2019 because the 13th Circuit is so dead-ass broke,” Judge James Patterson’s Tuesday order reads. Alabama is the onl...