Posted on 04/25/2007 1:31:19 PM PDT by Loud Mime
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2007 U.S. Chamber of Commerce State Liability Systems Ranking Study
The 2007 State Liability Systems Ranking Study was conducted for the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform among a national sample of in-house general counsel or other senior corporate litigators to explore how reasonable and balanced the tort liability system is perceived to be by U.S. business.
The following table reveals the 2007 state rankings; (from best to worst)
2007 STATE RANK SCORE
Delaware 1 75.6
Minnesota 2 70.6
Nebraska 3 70
Iowa 4 68.9
Maine 5 68.9
New Hampshire 6 68.2
Tennessee 7 68.2
Indiana 8 68.2
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New Jersey 26 63.4
Vermont 27 62.5
Nevada 28 62
Maryland 29 61.7
Idaho 30 61.3
Georgia 31 61.2
Pennsylvania 32 60.8
Kentucky 33 60.8
Missouri 34 60
Rhode Island 35 58.5
Florida 36 58.2
South Carolina 37 58.1
Oklahoma 38 57.7
New Mexico 39 57.5
Montana 40 57.2
Arkansas 41 56.5
Hawaii 42 56.3
Alaska 43 56
Texas 44 54.3
California 45 53.5
Illinois 46 50.8
Alabama 47 50.7
Louisiana 48 47.3
Mississippi 49 46.1
West Virginia 50 38
(Excerpt) Read more at uschamber.com ...
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Georgia may be ranked 30th but we’re on the way up - we have a new pro-business legislature and governor and new legislation to deal with illegals.
Y’all ought to come down here and start a business!
The report has some good information on the state-by-state ratings.
Good for Georgia....shame on West Virginny and the John Edwards types.
Yeah, but I’m surprised Nebraska was that high and California was that low.
Figures that my state (CA) is near the bottom of the list. Not surprising, though.
I’m not sure I understand or respect this poll.
I am a business owner in both Texas and New Mexico — New Mexico is a terrible place to be a corporate defendant, while Texas (the Rio Grande Valley excepted) is a great place to be.
Heck, I’d sure rather before a random jury in Texas than in Delaware —— and it’s No. 1.
WV is LAST. I’ve got to forward this to friends and relatives who live there. Explains the anti-business sentiment.
I’m surprised Ohio is as high as it is but I am sure our retarded democrat governor will drop us a few points just as he was dropped on his head.
On a somewhat-related note there’s a “Best Cities for Doing Business” list at
Not necessarily “legal climate” related but a combination of things…
Thanks, Loud Mime. Massachusetts is 18. It must be that taxes are the bigger problem (although how can you tell?)
I have downloaded the entire PDF report from the original site; I’m going to study it tomorrow.
You sound like you’re in the T&C/El Paso area. I’ve heard that Texas is torn between factions.....liberal govts here and conservative ones there.....izzat true?
No, I am in Midland and own a couple of service companies (about 20 drilling medium and deep rigs) and a reasonably sized operating company.
Ah, the home of the old Confederate Air Force!
Yes, you can call me “Col.”
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