U.S. Tort Reform Liability Index: 2006 Report

Table 5. Ordinal Ranking of State
Monetary Tort Losses
Rank State Score
1 North Dakota 9.45454545
2 Virginia 11.63636364
3 Wyoming 12.18181818
4 Utah 14.72727273
5 Kansas 15.36363636
6 Texas 15.90909091
7 North Carolina 16.54545455
8 Michigan 18.36363636
9 Minnesota 18.72727273
10 Delaware 18.81818182
11 Hawaii 18.90909091
12 Ohio 19.63636364
13 Washington 19.90909091
14 South Dakota 20.81818182
15 Iowa 21.72727273
16 Nebraska 21.81818182
17 California 23.45454545
18 Wisconsin 23.54545455
19 Massachusetts 23.63636364
20 Colorado 24.27277227
21 Indiana 24.54545455
22 Tennessee 24.81818182
23 Alaska 25.18181818
24 Maryland 25.63636364
25 New Mexico 26.18181818
26 Maine 27.27272721
27 Connecticut 27.36363636
28 Arkansas 27.63636364
29 Nevada 28.36363636
30 Georgia 28.45454545
31 Arizona 28.63636364
32 Oregon 28.72727273
33 South Carolina 28.90909091
34 West Virginia 29.27272727
35 Kentucky 29.45454545
36 New Hampshire 29.54545455
37 Oklahoma 30.09090909
38 New York 30.27272727
39 Louisiana 30.72727273
40. Rhode Island 31.00000000
41 Illinois 31.09090909
42 Alabama 31.54545455
43. New Jersey 31.81818182
44 Missouri 31.90909091
45 Idaho 33.18181818
46 Mississippi 35.72727273
47 Vermont 36.00000000
48 Pennsylvania 36.09090909
49 Montana 37.54545455
50 Florida 38.54545455