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
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How Have Tort Defendants Fared at the Supreme Court (Part 3)?
Last week, we reported the first two thirds of the data regarding the Supreme Court’s handling of tort cases since 1990. Today, we’re looking at the data for the years 2010 to 2018.
During the most recent period, the Court has decided eighteen cases won by defendants at the Court of Appeal. The Court has …
How Have Tort Defendants Fared at the Supreme Court Since 1990 (Part 2 of 3)?
Last time, we began our in-depth review of the Court’s record in 1990 in tort cases. Today, we’re continuing that analysis.
Between 2000 and 2009, the Court’s tort docket continued to be mostly comprised of cases won by the plaintiffs below – 42 plaintiff wins, 33 defense wins. Although the two sides’ contributions were tied …
How Have Tort Defendants Fared at the Supreme Court Since 1990 (Part 1)?
Last week, we reviewed the data on how the Supreme Court has handled insurance law cases since 1990 – both what sorts of cases the Court decides, which side typically prevails, and the individual Justices’ voting records on insurance cases. This week (and next Thursday), we’ll be asking the same questions for the Court’s tort …
What Kind of Tort Case Is the Court Most Likely to Hear?
Last week, we reviewed the year-by-year numbers for the Court’s tort law caseload. This week, we’re taking a closer look at the Court’s tort decisions to answer three questions: (1) did the Court hear more defendants’ wins or plaintiffs’ wins from the Court of Appeal on the tort caseload; (2) did the Court tend to…
How Many Tort Cases Does the Court Decide a Year?
For the past two weeks, we’ve been taking a detailed look at the Supreme Court’s caseload of civil and criminal procedure decisions. This week and next, we’re looking at the Court’s tort cases on the civil side and reviewing the death penalty decisions on the criminal side.
Between 1992 and the end of 2017, the…