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DON'T BUY THE LIE!
There is no lawsuit
explosion in the U.S.
See the Note on Statistical Tricks
below.
Personal Injury & Auto Accident Lawyer in Sarasota, FL
If you have been injured in an automobile accident, by a dog bite or a
fall due to someone else's negligence, then compensation for your injury is
simple justice. For nearly thirty years, we have been representing citizens
who have been injured in accidents.
The Insurance Industry has tried to poison
the minds of the American people against the process of civil justice
which has served us for centuries. Reports of a "litigation
explosion" are simply a lie, created by a statistical trick.
(see note below) Americans are among the least
litigious of any western nation. The vast majority of injured people
never bring a claim for their injuries, and of those who do, most never
receive fair compensation. Despite this propaganda effort
however, a competent attorney can help you get justice, while giving
businesses and individuals the incentive to act with due care for the
health and safety of others.
If you are injured by an auto accident,
dog bite, fall or commercial accident, I hope that we can help you to
obtain fair compensation for your injuries. Please contact
us at (941) 358-5400 or by
e-mail
to discuss your case.
Thomas S. Hudson, Attorney
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(941) 358-5400
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A Note on the
Statistical Tricks of the Insurance Companies
The facts are clear.
There is no lawsuit crisis in America.
In fact, in the ten year period between 1997 and 2006, (the latest
available period),
tort (that is, negligence) lawsuits
decreased by 21% despite a
population increase of 8%.
Automobile accident cases decreased by 23% in the same period.
(Check
these charts
from the National Center
for State Courts). According to the federal Bureau of Justice
Statistics, in the year 2003, the number of civil cases going to trial
in the
entire
Federal Court system was fewer than 1,000. That's right!
Fewer than 1,000 federal civil cases went to trial in the
entire country.
For the whole story, click
here
for the latest report from the National Center for State Courts, a
nonpartisan organization that compiles court statistical data.
Only a small
percentage of negligence claims are ever filed as lawsuits, and of the small
percentage of tort cases that are filed, about 75 percent of the cases are
resolved through settlement or voluntarily dismissed; only 3 percent go to
trial. (Steven K. Smith et al., Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Civil Justice Survey of State Courts,
1992:
Tort Cases in Large Counties
3 (Apr. 1995).) In addition,
personal injury lawsuits make up only about 10 percent of all civil cases filed
in state courts of general jurisdiction.
(Id. at 2)
How does the Insurance
Information Institute convince Americans that they are "sue happy?"
Simple. By lumping tort claims in with mushrooming bankruptcies, divorces
and business litigation under the general title of "civil lawsuits."
Medical malpractice and products liability cases constitute a small percentage
of civil cases. Only 7.7 percent of civil cases brought are medical malpractice
claims; products liability and asbestos liability cases comprise only 1.5
percent and 1.2 percent of tort cases respectively. (Id.
at 30-31.)
For more detailed analysis,
read this article
by Harvard Law Professor Arthur Miller.
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