U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report

A state by state ranking of tort costs and tort laws

State	U.S. Tort Liability Index 2008 Output Ranking	Monetary Tort Loss Ranking	Litigation Risk Ranking	Input-Variables Ranking
Alabama	39	45	45	26
Alaska	2	4	3	16
Arizona	33	42	7	21
Arkansas	30	33	24	22
California	34	25	44	40
Colorado	42	39	34	1
Connecticut	38	36	38	33
Delaware	24	18	37	27
Florida	50	50	49	6
Georgia	27	24	30	4
Hawaii	15	20	5	39
Idaho	25	30	20	10
Illinois	47	40	50	46
Indiana	22	23	23	5
Iowa	4	6	9	37
Kansas	26	22	28	17
Kentucky	31	34	25	34
Louisiana	29	13	43	8
Maine	10	15	6	28
Maryland	35	31	39	47
Massachusetts	41	32	45	24
Michigan	28	21	36	7
Minnesota	21	27	17	41
Mississippi	9	11	14	23
Missouri	43	46	35	11
Montana	46	48	29	31
Nebraska	19	17	31	30
Nevada	36	44	12	18
New Hampshire	16	28	4	14
New Jersey	49	49	48	12
New Mexico	6	8	8	44
New York	48	47	47	48
North Carolina	3	3	11	25
North Dakota	1	2	2	20
Ohio	11	9	32	3
Oklahoma	20	16	33	13
Oregon	32	37	19	42
Pennsylvania	45	38	42	45
Rhode Island	44	43	40	50
South Carolina	14	12	27	19
South Dakota	13	14	16	36
Tennessee	12	19	1	9
Texas	18	5	46	2
Utah	7	7	18	15
Vermont	23	29	22	49
Virginia	5	1	26	38
Washington	37	41	15	32
West Virginia	40	35	41	43
Wisconsin	17	26	10	35
Wyoming	8	10	13	29