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Jan 1, 1996
This report describes all civil jury verdicts reached from 1985 to 1994 in the state courts of general jurisdiction in 15 jurisdictions across the nation and identifies trends in these verdicts.
Jan 1, 1994
This article discusses the potential contribution to the policymaking process of systematic empirical research on the behavior of civil juries.
Expert Insights
Jan 1, 1993
There is a wide-spread perception that America's tort system is biased against so-called deep-pocket defendants. This paper summarizes what we know and don't know about deep-pocket biases.
Jan 1, 1990
The goal of this investigation was to examine whether reporting decisions could be described by a coherent process that was consistent across incidents of suspected abuse.
Jan 1, 1988
Stephen Salant's analysis of multiple damages for private antitrust suits ("Treble Damage Awards in Private Lawsuits for Price Fixing," Journal of Political Economy, December 1987) is generalized. The neutrality result that multiple damages do not af...
Jan 1, 1987
The research suggests that discrepancies among the statistics on tort litigation can be explained by the fact that there is no longer, if there ever was, a single tort system.
Advocates the use of systematic empirical research on civil jury behavior as an important tool in the policymaking process. The author discusses the methods that have been used for studying jury behavior,...
Based on cases that reached jury verdict in Cook County, Illinois, and San Francisco, California, from 1960 to 1984, this report presents analytically derived answers to questions surrounding the award of punitive damages.
Jan 1, 1985
Presents preliminary information on punitive damages awarded between 1959 and 1984 by juries in Cook County, Illinois, and San Francisco County, California.
Jan 1, 1984
This report analyzes characteristics of individual claims that explain variation in compensation and expenses.
Jan 1, 1983
This report examines the money spent to resolve asbestos-related injury lawsuits: who pays it, who receives it, and for what purposes.
Press
Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have received at least $38.1 billion in compensation, with insurance companies and U.S. government providing more than 90 percent of payments.
