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Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts, 1994-95
Presents findings from
the Federal Judicial Centers, Integrated Data Base (Civil) for fiscal years
1994 and 1995. The Center derives the data for the Integrated Data Base
(Civil, Criminal, and Appeals) from files provided by the Administrative
Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC). This report examines tort cases terminated
in United States District Courts by jury and bench trial. Of the 82,333
tort cases terminated in U.S. district courts during fiscal years 1994 and
1995, 4% or 3,356 were decided by a completed jury or bench trial. Medical
malpractice claims comprised 8% of tort trial cases, and product liability
cases including asbestos suits, 16%. Overall, plaintiffs won 43% of the
tort cases decided by trials. Of the 1,256 tort trial cases in which the
plaintiff won monetary damages, the median award was $140,000. The median
case processing time for all tort trial cases from filing to termination
was 18.1 months. 12/97 NCJ 165810
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