Class Action Lawsuits and Lawyers

See, for example, George L. Priest, "The Modern Expansion of Tort Liability: Its Sources, Its Effects, and Its Reform," Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 5, no. 3 (Summer 1991).
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Attorneys and Legal Information

409. 9.
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Class Action Lawsuits and Lawyers

Courts, 36,586 tort cases were filed in fiscal year 2000; see Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 2002 Annual Report of the Director: Judicial Business of the United States Courts (2003), Table C-2A, p. 132, available at www.uscourts.gov/judbus2002/appendices/c02asep02.
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Class Action Lawsuits and Lawyers

(25) Many of the common categories of torts pose few policy problems. For example, automobile torts often have low awards: a median jury award of $18,000 for winning plaintiffs in state courts in the 75 largest counties in 1996, compared with a median award of $31,000 for all torts (see Table 1). Table 1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Characteristics of Tort Cases Decided by Trial in State and Federal Courts, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percentage of Cases
Won by Plaintiff Median Award
(Dollars) Percentage of Awards
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$250,000
or More $1 Million
or More

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All Tort Cases
State 48.
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