Tort Bench and Jury Trials in State Courts, 2005
Date Published
November 2009
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
THREE OUT OF FOUR TORT CASES SETTLED OUT OF COURT U.S. Department of Justice ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1995 202-307-0784 THREE OUT OF FOUR TORT CASES SETTLED OUT OF COURT WASHINGTON, D.C.--Three out of four tort cases filed in the nation's 75 most populous counties never reached the courtroom because they were settled out of court, according to...
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NUMBER OF FEDERAL TORT TRIALS FELL BY ALMOST 80 PERCENT FROM 1985 THROUGH 2003
WASHINGTON - The number of tort trials concluded in U.S. district courts declined by nearly 80 percent, from 3,600 trials in 1985 to fewer than 800...