The Business of Automobile Accident Cases

According to the National Center for State Courts, two-thirds of general civil cases disposed of by a bench or jury trial in 1996 (65.7 percent) involved tort claims, primarily automobile liability, premises liability and medical malpractice claims. B. Ostrom & N. Kauder, Examining the Work of State Courts, 1999-2000. A National Perspective from the Court Statistics Project (National Center for State Courts 2000)