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Source : U . S . Chamber Institute for Legal Reform TABLE 29
Ranking State Liability Systems ( 2019 )
Rank
Overall Score
Judge ’ s Competence
Jury Fairness
1 Delaware
76.3
1
12
2 Maine
73.8
3
9
2 Connecticut
73.8
2
2
4 Alaska
73.1
8
11
4 Wyoming
73.1
4
19
6 North Dakota
72.6
16
3
7 Montana
72.5
10
6
8 Nebraska
72.3
13
8
9 Idaho
72.2
20
4
10 South Dakota
72
18
10
11 Virginia
71.3
22
28
12 Wisconsin
71.2
15
16
12 Oklahoma
71.2
26
1
14 Vermont
71.1
11
14
14 Hawaii
71.1
9
25
16 North Carolina
70.9
14
17
17 Arizona
70.8
12
20
18 Minnesota
70.7
6
15
18 New Hampshire
70.7
7
30
18 Utah
70.7
31
7
18 Colorado
70.7
17
24
22 Iowa
70.6
22
26
22 New Mexico
70.6
32
23
24 Rhode Island
70.5
28
21
25 Oregon
69.9
5
13
26 Washington
69.8
21
5
27 Maryland
69.7
38
31
28 Massachusetts
69.6
34
29
29 Arkansas
69.5
29
18
29 Nevada
69.5
35
34
31 Indiana
68.9
25
27
32 Kansas
68.8
24
22
32 Michigan
68.8
19
32
34 Tennessee
68.3
30
36
35 Ohio
67.7
36
33
35 New York
67.7
33
41
37 South Carolina
67.6
39
35
38 Texas
67.1
41
38
39 Pennsylvania
66.6
27
40
40 Kentucky
66.5
40
37
41 Georgia
66.1
42
43
42 Alabama
65.6
45
39
43 New Jersey
65.4
37
42
44 Missouri
64.4
43
44
45 West Virginia
63.3
44
45
46 Florida
62.3
47
47
47 Mississippi
61.9
46
49
48 California
60.2
48
50
49 Louisiana
60
49
46
50 Illinois
59.6
50
48
The rankings are based on a survey conducted by the U . S . Chamber Institute for Legal Reform . Experienced litigators , attorneys and executives evaluated their states ’ tort liability systems for “ fairness ” and “ reasonableness ” in a variety of graded categories . Washington ’ s legal system ranks at 26th overall .