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Report

Jun 4, 2021

COVID-19 and the Courts: Lessons from the Pandemic

The U.S. civil justice system was forced to change in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Panelists in this virtual conference addressed the effects of COVID-19 on the civil justice system and how lessons learned can be applied going forward.
Report

Apr 10, 2018

Strategies to Mitigate the Impact of Electronic Communication and Electronic Devices on the Right to a Fair Trial

In this report, an expert panel identifies ways that electronic communication can impact the right to a fair trial and recommends strategies to protect witnesses from intimidation and jurors from compromising their independence.
Report

Dec 17, 2004

Capping Non-Economic Awards in Medical Malpractice Trials: California Jury Verdicts Under MICRA

Assesses the impact of MICRA’s limits on plaintiffs’ awards and attorneys’ fees on final judgments in medical malpractice cases
Journal Article

Jan 1, 2004

Forty Years of Civil Jury Verdicts

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.
Journal Article

Jan 1, 2003

Private Information, Self-Serving Biases, and Optimal Settlement Mechanisms: Theory and Evidence

The law and economics literature on suit and settlement has tended to focus on two alternative conceptual models.
Report

Jan 1, 1999

Goal Conflict in Juror Assessments of Compensatory and Punitive Damages

Recent tort reform debates have been hindered by a lack of knowledge of how jurors assess damages. Two studies investigated whether jurors are able to appropriately compartmentalize compensatory and punitive damages.
Report

Jan 1, 1997

Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts

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.
Report

Jan 1, 1997

Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts: Executive Summary

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.
Testimony

Jan 1, 1997

Punitive Damages and Financial Injury Jury Verdict

This publication contains the written statement of Stephen Carroll delivered on June 24, 1997, to the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate.
Report

Jan 1, 1997

Differential Treatment of Corporate Defendants by Juries: An Examination of the "Deep-Pockets" Hypothesis

Evidence that juries treat corporate defendants less favorably than individual defendants is often cited in support of the widely held view that juries are biased against wealthy "deep-pocket" defendants.
Research Brief

Jan 1, 1997

Punitive Damage Awards in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts

To provide an empirical basis for the ongoing debate about punitive damages, the authors drew on the ICJ's jury verdict database to conduct the first close analysis of trends and patterns in punitive awards for financial injuries.
Dissertation

Jan 1, 1997

Explaining Variation in Personal Injury Jury Awards

Studies of civil jury verdicts have become a prominent part of the research agenda regarding the civil justice system.

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