Delaware's Legal System Ranked As The Nation's Best

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce conducted a survey to examine how fair and reasonable each states' tort liability system is perceived to be by U.S. businesses.  The states were graded and ranked in ten (10) categories.  In each of the categories, Delaware was ranked as follows:

1          Overall treatment of tort and contract litigation

1          Having and enforcing meaningful venue requirements

1          Treatment of class actions and mass consolidation suits

1          Damages

1          Timeliness of summary judgment or dismissal

2          Discovery

2          Handling of scientific and technical evidence

2          Judges' impartiality

1          Judges' competence