Attorneys and Legal Information

Evidence About the Costs of the Tort System The most comprehensive estimates of tort liability costs--which cover only direct costs--come from studies by Tillinghast-Towers Perrin, an actuarial and management consulting firm.(3) Those estimates take advantage of the fact that most tort costs are paid through the insurance industry, in the form of legal costs to defend policyholders, benefits paid to victims and their attorneys on behalf of policyholders, and internal costs for handling claims.
More...

---

Attorneys and Legal Information

(8) Those comparisons are not entirely apt, however. The administrative costs of those compensation systems exclude spending on claimants' attorneys--which has reportedly grown in the workers' compensation system as the regulations governing it have become more complex.
More...

---

[1]