The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a study on general civil trials dealing with contracts, real property, and torts in a national sample of state courts for 2005.
Civil Bench and Jury Trials in State Courts, 2005 reports:
- the types of plaintiffs and defendants represented in civil trials
- plaintiffs’ win rates
- punitive damages
- final award amounts generated in civil trial litigation
- trends in civil trial litigation in the nation's 75 most populous counties from 1992 to 2005
Some of the significant findings:
Plaintiffs were significantly more likely to prevail in bench trials as
opposed to jury trials.Approximately 4% of winning plaintiffs received awards of a million dollars or more.
The number of civil actions has been declining.
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