Tort Law Tally
PRI Study
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D, Hovannes Abramyan, Nicole V. Crain, W. Mark Crain
4.30.2009

The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California, released Tort Law Tally, a new report identifying which state tort reforms reduce tort losses and tort insurance premiums the most.

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U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D, Hovannes Abramyan
3.11.2008

The U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report measures the best and worst tort systems in America. The Pacific Research Institute developed the Index as a tool for governors and state legislators to assess their tort systems and to enact laws that will improve the business climates of their states.

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Jackpot Justice: The True Cost of America's Tort System
By Lawrence J. McQuillan, Hovannes Abramyan, and Anthony P. Archie

America’s out-of-control legal system imposes a staggering economic cost of over $865 billion every year according to a new scholarly study released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) a free-market think tank based in San Francisco, California. This figure is 27 times more than the federal government spends on homeland security, 30 times what the National Institutes of Health dedicate to finding cures for deadly diseases, and 13 times the amount the U.S. Department of Education spends to help educate America’s children. 

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Test Your Tort Literacy

Response to Judge Richard Posner's Commentary on Jackpot Justice  

Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report
By Lawrence J. McQuillan and Hovannes Abramyan

In the competition for jobs and capital investment among the states, those states that suffer from high tort costs will continue to lose jobs and businesses to states with superior tort systems, according to a new report released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California. The U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006
Report ranks all 50 states in terms of relative tort burdens and relative tort reforms.

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