Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye has participated in 36 tort cases since beginning her tenure, voting for defendants in 16 cases and for plaintiffs in 20 cases. Between 2011 and 2015, the Chief Justice voted for defendants in nine of twenty cases. In 2016, the Chief Justice voted for tort defendants in only one of seven cases.
Between 2006 and 2019, Justice Corrigan has participated in 64 tort cases. She has voted for tort defendants’ position in 35 cases and has supported defendants 29 times. Between 2006 and 2010, Justice Corrigan voted for tort defendants in 19 of 28 cases. Between 2011 and 2016, Justice Corrigan voted for defendants’ position only 10
This week, we’re beginning our review of the Justices’ individual voting records in tort cases, beginning with senior Associate Justice Ming Chin.
Through the end of 2019, Justice Chin has participated in 149 tort cases. He has voted for the defendants’ position 84 times and has voted for tort plaintiffs 65 times. Between 1997 and
As the philosophical composition of the Court has shifted in recent years, tort defendants have seen their won-loss record fall. From 2010 to 2019, defendants have won 18 cases while losing 22. Defendants won only three of fifteen cases from 2013 through 2016 and five of nine from 2017 to 2019.
During the decade, tort
Between 2000 and 2009, tort defendants continued to fare well before the Supreme Court, winning 44 cases while losing 32. Defendants were 9-5 in 2002, 6-2 in 2003 and 8-4 in 2007. On the other hand, defendants won only one out of seven decisions in 2005.
Tort defendants who prevailed at the Court of Appeal
Today and next week, we’re reviewing the Court’s year by year record in tort cases – what’s the defendants’ won-loss record, how often were tort defendant wins from the Court of Appeal affirmed and losses reversed. In Table 1255, we report insurers’ yearly won-loss record from 1990 to 1999. What’s evident from the data is
Since she joined the Court in 2015, Justice Kruger has participated in six cases involving insurer parties, splitting her votes down the middle – three for the insurer party, three against.
Justice Kruger has participated in three cases won by the insurers at the Court of Appeal, voting to affirm one insurer win and voting
So far we’ve reviewed four Justices’ voting records in civil cases with insurers as named parties. Today, we’re looking at the data for Justice Cuellar.
Like Justice Liu, Justice Cuellar has split his votes right down the middle on the six insurer cases he’s participated in – three votes for the insurer’s position, three votes
Today we continue our seven-part post reviewing the voting records of the individual Justices in civil cases involving insurers as named parties.
Since joining the Court in 2011, Justice Liu has participated in eight such cases. He has evenly split his votes – four votes against the insurer’s position, four votes for.
Four of these
This is part three of our seven-part post reviewing the Justices’ voting records in cases involving insurer parties. Today: the Chief Justice.
The Court has decided significantly fewer insurer cases from 2011 to 2019 than it did in the previous ten years. Since joining the Court, Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye has voted for insurer parties in