By The Law Offices of John Day, P.C. on Apr 18, 2023 11:10 am
Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Knox County, Tennessee for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 2164 tort cases closed in Knox County (not including health care liability act cases) and 40 tort trials. Here is how that compares with prior years:
The number of trials – 40 – tells only part of the story, however. Some 29 of those trials were jury trials – the other 11 were tried to the court. The plaintiff made a financial recovery in 9 of those cases that were tried to a judge or jury. Note: the fact that the plaintiff recovered in about 25% of the cases does not mean the plaintiff “won” about 25% of the cases. Why? Because we do not know whether the plaintiff’s recovery exceeded the pretrial offer. We can say that in Knox County last year defendants received a defense judgment in about 75% of the cases that were tried. Here is the data in a graph:
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