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State Overall Output Ranking 1. Auto losses 2. Farm-owners' losses 3. Commercial multi-peril losses 4. Other-liability losses 5. Home-owners' losses 6. Med-mal losses 7. Product-liability losses 8. Personal self- insurance losses 9. Commercial self- insurance losses Monetary Tort Loss Ranking 10. Largest Awards 11. "Judicial hellholes" 12. Resident and active attorneys cases 13. Total incoming awards Litigation Risks Ranking  Alabama 39 27 39 43 31 45 13 32 40 37 45 5.9 1 31 16 21 Alaska 2 49 3 12 27 30 3 7 2 3 4 1 1 10 12 3 Arizona 33 32 44 25 25 16 46 44 37 27 42 5.9 1 6 21 7 Arkansas 30 22 13 19 32 44 33 20 41 30 33 1 25.5 14 22 24 California 34 17 40 32 35 9 11 46 9 24 25 45.1 25.5 36 6 44 Colorado 42 37 37 24 29 26 39 43 27 28 39 5.9 1 34 37 34 Connecticut 38 40 5 38 24 40 47 6 25 36 36 5.9 1 45 35 38 Delaware 24 46 14 5 37 21 48 12 7 14 18 15.7 25.5 1 43 37 Florida 50 47 24 37 39 39 38 38 50 44 50 40.2 50 19 31 49 Georgia 27 24 48 9 30 38 15 18 23 18 24 1 1 23 47 30 Hawaii 15 26 4 42 15 2 27 42 21 38 20 1 1 25 2 5 Idaho 25 28 49 34 9 15 16 34 19 35 30 1 1 18 32 20 Illinois 47 20 47 30 47 42 42 14 5 46 40 30.4 50 48 17 50 Indiana 22 9 50 41 21 50 5 21 17 8 23 5.9 1 7 45 23 Iowa 4 6 22 17 22 5 24 17 3 26 6 1 1 9 24 9 Kansas 26 33 42 13 11 48 10 24 29 12 22 1 1 24 44 28 Kentucky 31 23 43 21 14 31 29 30 42 22 34 5.9 1 30 26 25 Louisiana 29 45 9 11 42 1 8 9 43 19 13 5.9 25.5 42 39 43 Maine 10 3 11 20 3 23 40 23 38 33 15 1 1 28 3 6 Maryland 35 36 26 18 16 24 37 35 36 20 31 5.9 1 33 50 39 Massachusetts 41 35 6 31 40 29 35 8 32 34 32 10.8 25.5 50 27 45 Michigan 28 38 38 16 28 37 6 2 44 9 21 1 1 37 42 36 Minnesota 21 12 27 33 6 47 22 45 20 13 27 5.9 1 38 4 17 Mississippi 9 1 12 14 13 32 7 10 47 42 11 5.9 1 32 5 14 Missouri 43 11 45 39 44 49 20 33 26 41 46 10.8 1 47 20 35 Montana 46 39 29 49 36 20 45 28 45 49 48 1 1 39 30 29 Nebraska 19 15 41 10 26 10 12 40 18 25 17 1 25.5 21 25 31 Nevada 36 50 31 47 48 7 4 49 34 31 44 1 1 2 34 12 New Hampshire 16 13 7 28 41 36 31 19 24 29 28 1 1 11 13 4 New Jersey 49 48 1 46 45 35 49 39 31 47 49 20.6 25.5 40 48 48 New Mexico 6 30 20 2 1 22 19 25 30 6 8 1 1 22 11 8 New York 48 29 18 48 46 27 50 41 12 48 47 35.3 1 49 46 47 North Carolina 3 18 16 4 5 11 26 36 11 2 3 1 1 3 33 11 North Dakota 1 2 34 7 2 3 25 5 8 39 2 1 1 5 14 2 Ohio 11 8 23 6 20 34 23 13 15 16 9 5.9 1 27 41 32 Oklahoma 20 10 28 8 17 33 2 37 39 23 16 1 1 44 29 33 Oregon 32 42 30 40 10 25 28 48 28 17 37 5.9 1 26 18 19 Pennsylvania 45 41 25 45 34 18 36 16 33 40 38 25.5 25.5 43 9 42 Rhode Island 44 43 19 44 49 12 43 1 46 43 43 1 25.5 41 23 40 South Carolina 14 21 2 35 7 19 17 26 48 5 12 10.8 1 13 40 27 South Dakota 13 16 32 23 19 4 30 27 6 32 14 1 1 8 38 16 Tennessee 12 5 46 15 12 46 44 11 16 21 19 1 1 15 1 1 Texas 18 25 15 1 23 17 9 29 14 4 5 50 50 20 8 46 Utah 7 31 8 22 18 6 32 15 13 7 7 5.9 1 16 28 18 Vermont 23 7 21 36 50 28 1 4 35 50 29 1 1 46 7 22 Virginia 5 14 17 3 8 14 21 31 10 1 1 1 1 12 49 26 Washington 37 44 35 27 33 41 34 50 22 10 41 5.9 1 29 10 15 West Virginia 40 34 10 50 43 8 18 3 49 45 35 1 50 35 15 41 Wisconsin 17 4 33 26 38 43 14 47 4 15 26 1 1 17 19 10 Wyoming 8 19 36 29 4 13 41 22 1 11 10 1 1 4 36 13