Pacific Research Institute Releases First Objective State-By-State Ranking of the Best and Worst Tort Systems in America

Read the press release from the Pacific Research Institute.

Co-author Dr. Lawrence J. McQuillan:

"What’s unique about this study is that it uses objective data, and with that data, can predict the winners and losers in the race for jobs and business investment. For states that don’t institute reforms – a metric factored into the ranking – the writing is on the wall...We hope that governors and state legislators will use the Index as a tool to assess their tort systems and enact laws that will improve their ranking, and as a consequence, the business climate of their state."

The 10 Best: #1 Texas , #2 Colorado, #3 N. Dakota, #4 Ohio, #5 Michigan, #6 Utah, #7 Kansas, #8 Virginia, #9 N. Carolina, #10 Georgia.

The 10 worst: #50 Vermont, #49 Rhode Island, #48 New York, #47 Pennsylvania, #46 Maryland, #45 Montana, #44 Connecticut, #43 W. Virginia, #42 Florida, $41 Massachusetts

Co-author Hovannes Abramyan:

"A poor civil-justice system lowers the standard of living for ordinary citizens...By limiting job and business opportunities, imposing excessive costs on consumers, and inhibiting innovation in products and services, the many are suffering for the few who gain from unnecessary civil lawsuits"

Lots of recent articles on "tort reform" here.

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