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Tort Cases in Large Counties: Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, 1992

THREE OUT OF FOUR TORT CASES SETTLED OUT OF COURT

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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...

Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts, 2002-03

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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...