2013-05-28T11:25:00Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/verdicts.html http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/04/24.html Apr 24, 2012 Apr 24, 2012

The quest for greater transparency in the American civil justice system is the topic of a new book of essays illustrating how a balanced approach to increasing transparency can improve the civil justice system, raise public confidence and protect litigants' privacy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB528.html Apr 24, 2012 Apr 24, 2012

Some argue that the confidentiality of the civil justice system keeps it working efficiently and fairly; others argue that the public is being denied information about hazards that may cause harm. A balanced approach to increasing transparency can improve the system, raise public confidence, and protect litigants' privacy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF272.html Mar 16, 2010 Mar 16, 2010

<p>Litigation can be expensive and risky. In June 2009, the UCLA-RAND Center for Law and Public Policy convened a conference to assess the regulatory implications of third-party financing, its effect on dispute resolution, and likely trends in the development of the practice as it becomes more widespread.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB397.html Jan 1, 2002 Jan 1, 2002

<p>The number of asbestos claims filed annually, the number and types of firms named as defendants in asbestos litigation, and the costs of the litigation to those defendants have all risen sharply in recent years. Given these trends, the authors examine the dimensions of asbestos litigation: How many claims have been filed? By whom? Against whom? For what kinds of conditions? At what cost and with what economic effects? And, if current trends continue, what will be the future costs of the litigation?</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU1014.html Jan 1, 1995 Jan 1, 1995

This paper presents the preliminary results of the analyses of trends in punitive damage awards in these state trial court jurisdictions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU1059.html Jan 1, 1995 Jan 1, 1995

This paper presents preliminary results of an Institute for Civil Justice analysis of trends in punitive damage awards.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2832.html Jan 1, 2002 Jan 1, 2002

Deterring Fraud: The Role of General Damage Awards in Automobile Insurance Settlements

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20000104.html Jan 1, 2000 Jan 1, 2000

<p>A crisis in the litigation of cases involving managed care, should it come, will be ugly and costly.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040204.html Jan 1, 2004 Jan 1, 2004

<p>The authors describe the characteristics and outcomes of enrollee-health plan disputes over insurance coverage for emergency department (ED) services at 2 large health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that apply the prudent layperson standard.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040321.html Jan 1, 2004 Jan 1, 2004

<p>Past studies on civil juries have been hampered by lack of data on verdicts spanning a sufficiently long period. Average jury awards tend to be highly variable from year to year, making it difficult to distinguish trends over relatively short periods of time. The authors use the longest time series of data on jury verdicts ever assembled: 40 years of data on tort cases in San Francisco County, CA and Cook County, IL collected by the RAND Institute for Civil Justice.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51137.html Nov 16, 2012 Nov 16, 2012

One in five indigent murder defendants in Philadelphia are randomly assigned representation by public defenders while the remainder receive court-appointed private attorneys. Compared to appointed counsel, public defenders in Philadelphia reduce their clients' murder conviction rate by 19%, lower the probability of a life sentence by 62%, and reduce overall expected time served in prison by 24%.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP130.html Jan 1, 1993 Jan 1, 1993

There is a wide-spread perception that America's tort system is biased against so-called deep-pocket defendants. This paper summarizes what we know and don't know about deep-pocket biases.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR694.html Jan 1, 1996 Jan 1, 1996

This report describes all civil jury verdicts reached from 1985 to 1994 in the state courts of general jurisdiction in 15 jurisdictions across the nation and identifies trends in these verdicts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR888.html Jan 1, 1997 Jan 1, 1997

This report provides the technical details of an Institute for Civil Justice analysis of trends and patterns in punitive damage awards in financial injury cases in selected jurisdictions during the period 1985 through 1994.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR889.html Jan 1, 1997 Jan 1, 1997

This report is the executive summary of an Institute for Civil Justice analysis of trends and patterns in punitive damage awards in financial injury cases in selected jurisdictions during the period 1985 through 1994.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR969z1.html Jan 1, 1999 Jan 1, 1999

Class action lawsuits-allowing one or a few plaintiffs to represent many who seek redress-have long been controversial.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1104.html Aug 18, 2011 Aug 18, 2011

Asbestos bankruptcy trusts&mdash;created to compensate people injured by the mineral&mdash;may be influencing tort cases. The current way that the trusts and the tort cases are linked together may result in payments that are not consistent with the basic principles of the tort liability system.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG162.html May 10, 2005 May 10, 2005

<p>Claims for asbestos injuries have risen sharply since the 1990s and total more than 730,000 through 2002. At least 8,400 defendants have paid more than $70 billion on the litigation, 42 percent of which has gone to claimants.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG234.html Dec 17, 2004 Dec 17, 2004

<p>A model for limits on trial awards and attorneys&#8217; fees in medical malpractice cases is the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), a law enacted in California in 1975 in the hope of controlling soaring medical malpractice insurance premiums and ensuring the continuing availability of malpractice insurance. MICRA caps awards for non-economic losses at $250,000 and limits plaintiffs&#8217; attorney fees. The authors examine the effects these limits have on both plaintiffs&#8217; awards and defendants&#8217; liabilities.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG264.html Nov 2, 2004 Nov 2, 2004

<p>The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, caused tremendous loss of life, property, and income, and the resulting response from public and private organizations was unprecedented. This monograph examines the benefits received by those who were killed or seriously injured on 9/11 and the benefits provided to individuals and businesses in New York City that suffered losses from the attack on the World Trade Center. The authors examine the performance of the compensation system &#8211; insurance, tort, government programs, and charity &#8211; in responding to the losses stemming from 9/11.</p>