Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. - An analysis of nationwide personal injury verdicts finds that the median award for 2005 vehicular cases registers at $15,000 compared to $16,919 in 2004, according to Jury Verdict Research®’s annual report, Current Award Trends in Personal Injury – 46th Edition. The overall median award for personal injury cases from 1999 to 2005 is $34,418.
The most frequently claimed injury resulting from a vehicular accident was back strains with a median award of $6,803.
The median is the middle value among awards listed in ascending order. This value provides the most accurate gauge of the norm for a specific sampling of jury award data.
Since 1965, Current Award Trends in Personal Injury has analyzed jury-award trends for selected injuries and liabilities. Based on more than 250,000 nationwide personal injury plaintiff and defense verdicts and settlements, the 46th Edition also includes:
- Jury-award trends for wrongful death claims
- Recovery probabilities for other frequently occurring liability situations, including medical malpractice and products liability
- The median number of months from incident to filing date
- The median final offer and demand
- State-specific jury award data.
Copies of Current Award Trends in Personal Injury – 46th Edition areavailable fromJury Verdict Research® for $42.50 plus $5.50 shipping and handling. To order or for more details, 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.
