Wisconsin
State Summary
Legal System Summary
Wisconsin’s lawsuit system performs in the top half of the country. Business litigators surveyed in 2015 ranked Wisconsin 20th in the nation at producing fair and reasonable justice. With Wisconsin’s recent passage of comprehensive lawsuit reform, their outlook should improve over time.
Potential Employment Increase
Range: 0.49 - 1.33%
NERA Economic Consulting completed a study quantifying the economic impact of passing a bevy of lawsuit reforms. According to the report, passage of a complete package of lawsuit reforms could increase employment in Wisconsin between 0.49 and 1.33%.