U.S. Tort Reform Liability Index: 2006 Report

Table 9. Ordinal Ranking of State Procedural/Structural Rules and Reforms
Rank State Score
1 Colorado 22.07083333
2 Mississippi 22.67500000
3 Rhode Island 22.93750000
4 New Mexico 23.24583333
5 Missouri 23.90000000
6 Texas 24.16458333
7 New Jersey 24.68750000
8 Alabama 24.83437500
9 Delaware 24.97916667
10 Ohio 25.08958333
11 Connecticut 25.10416667
12 Utah 25.33333333
13 South Carolina 26.00000000
14 Alaska 26.30833333
15 Oklahoma 26.55416667
16 Montana 26.79375000
17 South Dakota 27.32916667
18 Iowa 27.53750000
19 Nebraska 27.85000000
20 Tennessee 28.14375000
21 Oregon 29.27291667
22 North Carolina 29.47083333
23 Hawaii 29.58333333
24 Massachusetts 29.58333333
25 Idaho 30.15833333
26 Indiana 30.19375000
27 Vermont 30.28750000
28 New Hampshire 30.43750000
29 Arkansas 30.63750000
30 Georgia 30.68437500
31 North Dakota 31.16875000
32 Nevada 31.56458333
33 New York 31.70416667
34 Maine 32.03125000
35 Kentucky 32.06666667
36 Wyoming 32.47500000
37 Louisiana 32.83229167
38 California 33.49583333
39 Kansas 33.80833333
40 Wisconsin 33.88750000
41 Virginia 33.93750000
42 West Virginia 34.17500000
43 Maryland 35.40000000
44 Minnesota 36.03333333
45 Illinois 36.35416667
46 Arizona 36.62500000
47 Florida 36.82916667
48 Washington 37.95000000
49 Michigan 38.79895833
50 Pennsylvania 38.96666667