Rankings by Key Elements
Table 8: Summary of Top/Bottom 5 States by Key Elements
Overall Treatment of Tort and Contract Litigation
| BEST | WORST |
| Delaware | West Virginia |
| Nebraska | Louisiana |
| New Hampshire | Mississippi |
| Wyoming | Illinois |
| Minnesota | Alabama |
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Having and Enforcing Meaningful Venue Requirements
| BEST | WORST |
| Indiana | West Virginia |
| Nebraska | Illinois |
| Delaware | Louisiana |
| Tennessee | Mississippi |
| New Hampshire | Alabama |
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Treatment of Class Action Suits and Mass Consolidation Suits
| BEST | WORST |
| Delaware | West Virginia |
| Tennessee | Mississippi |
| Iowa | Illinois |
| New York | Louisiana |
| Indiana | California |
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Punitive Damages
| BEST | WORST |
| Delaware | West Virginia |
| Minnesota | Mississippi |
| Tennessee | California |
| Maine | Alabama |
| Utah | Illinois |
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Timeliness of Summary Judgment or Dismissal
| BEST | WORST |
| Delaware | West Virginia |
| South Dakota | Mississippi |
| Minnesota | Louisiana |
| Wisconsin | California |
| North Dakota | Illinois |
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Discovery
| BEST | WORST |
| Delaware | West Virginia |
| Minnesota | Mississippi |
| Wisconsin | Illinois |
| Nebraska | Louisiana |
| Iowa | California |
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Scientific and Technical Evidence
| BEST | WORST |
| Delaware | West Virginia |
| Minnesota | Mississippi |
| New York | Montana |
| Virginia | Louisiana |
| Massachusetts | Alabama |
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Non-economic Damages
| BEST | WORST |
| Delaware | West Virginia |
| Nebraska | Mississippi |
| New Hampshire | Illinois |
| Maine | Louisiana |
| Tennessee | Alabama |
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Judges' Impartiality
| BEST | WORST |
| Delaware | West Virginia |
| Maine | Louisiana |
| Minnesota | Mississippi |
| Nebraska | Illinois |
| New Hampshire | Texas |
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Judges' Competence
| BEST | WORST |
| Delaware | West Virginia |
| Maine | Louisiana |
| Minnesota | Mississippi |
| New Hampshire | Alabama |
| Kansas | Illinois |
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Judges' Predictability
| BEST | WORST |
| Nebraska | West Virginia |
| Utah | Alabama |
| Indiana | California |
| Tennessee | Mississippi |
| Kansas | Louisiana |
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Judges' Fairness
| BEST | WORST |
| Nebraska | West Virginia |
| Minnesota | Mississippi |
| Wisconsin | Louisiana |
| Iowa | Alabama |
| South Dakota | Illinois |
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