Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. - The odds
of a plaintiff winning his case remains steady in recent
years, according to Jury Verdict Research®'s annual
report, Current Award Trends in Personal Injury -44th Edition.
This portion of the study examines the number of plaintiff
verdicts compared to the total number of verdicts. Cases
of admitted or directed liability were omitted. After steadily
climbing since 1997, the plaintiff recovery probability
has leveled off the last two years studied. (See table below)
The 53-page study of personal-injury
jury awards also reported that the compensatory jury-award
median for premises-liability cases was down considerably
from $156,398 in 2002 to $90,055 in 2003. The vehicular
liability jury-award median was up to $17,350 in 2003 compared
to $13,782 in 2002.
Since 1965, Current Award Trends
in Personal Injury has analyzed jury-award and settlement
trends for selected injuries and liabilities. Based on more
than 245,000 nationwide personal-injury plaintiff and defense
verdicts and settlements, the 44th Edition also includes:
- Jury-award medians and probability ranges
- The median number of months from incident to trial date
- Jury-award trends for frequently claimed injuries including
back strains, leg injuries and wrongful death
- The median final offer and demand
- State-specific jury-award data
Copies of Current Award Trends in
Personal Injury - 44th Edition are available from Jury
Verdict Research® for $42.50 plus $5.50 shipping/handling.
To order or for more information, call 1-800-341-7874; visit
www.JuryVerdictResearch.com;
or
e-mail custserve@lrp.com.
Jury Verdict
Research® maintains the only nationwide database of
more than 250,000 plaintiff and defense verdicts and settlements,
resulting from personal injury claims. The data are reported,
tabulated and analyzed to determine values, trends and deviations
for 400 injuries and 300 liabilities. Jury Verdict Research®
is a division of LRP Publications, Inc.
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MEDIA ONLY: For a free media-review
copy of the pamphlet, call Julie Kline at
561-622-6520, ext. 8723, or e-mail jkline@lrp.com.
