A survey released this week by the United States Chamber of Commerce assessing the fairness of liability systems for all 50 states found that 57 percent of corporate general counsels and senior litigators rank America‘s state court liability system as only "fair" or "poor." The poll‘s results should serve as a wake-up call to those states receiving the lowest rankings, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA), as 78 percent of respondents also reported that a state‘s litigation environment could affect important business decisions.
"These findings provide yet another rationale for states to pay as much attention to the quality of their liability environment as they do to their state‘s transportation infrastructure, tax structure and education system," said David Snyder, AIA assistant general counsel.
