Ohio is No. 29

A recent study done for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Harris Interactive Inc. shows that Ohio is generally in the middle.

The overall ranking of State Liability Systems for the years 2002 - 2010 have Ohio at No. 29. Not great, but could be worse.

Some other rankings for Ohio:

1. Overall treatment of tort and contract litigation - 27th
2. Having and enforcing meaningful venue requirements - 16th
3. Treatment of class action suits and mass consolidation suits - 18th
4. Damages - 28th
5. Timeliness of summary judgment/dismissal - 38th
6. Discovery - 30th
7. Scientific and technical evidence - 25th
8. Judges' impartiality - 26th
9. Judges' competence - 28th
10. Juries' fairness - 32nd