Personal Injury Law

"We're Number 2!"

By John A. Day

One repeated argument for restricting the right to trial by jury is that we need to have a state where businesses will want to settle, thereby creating more jobs and strengthening our economy.

Well, to the extent that is a relevant factor in the tort deform effort it is should be off the table in Tennessee.  Why?  The Tennessean  reports that "Site Selection, an Atlanta-based magazine that annually ranks states' attractiveness to investors, placed Tennessee behind only North Carolina. Tennessee moved up four notches from last year's rankings."

Read the article here.

Full post as published by Day on Torts on November 04, 2008 (boomark / email).