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Federal tort trials
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Tort cases concluded by settlement, dismissal, or verdict in U.S. district
courts, 1970 - 2003
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| Year |
Product
liability cases
including asbestos |
Total tort
cases |
| 1970 |
0 |
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25,451 |
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| 1971 |
0 |
|
25,692 |
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| 1972 |
0 |
|
27,199 |
|
| 1973 |
2 |
|
26,223 |
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| 1974 |
133 |
|
24,430 |
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| 1975 |
886 |
|
24,748 |
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| 1976 |
1,778 |
|
23,619 |
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| 1977 |
2,399 |
|
24,421 |
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| 1978 |
2,877 |
|
25,149 |
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| 1979 |
3,984 |
|
26,599 |
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| 1980 |
4,792 |
|
29,420 |
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| 1981 |
5,417 |
|
30,999 |
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| 1982 |
5,641 |
|
30,844 |
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| 1983 |
6,138 |
|
32,630 |
|
| 1984 |
6,878 |
|
34,812 |
|
| 1985 |
9,435 |
|
38,128 |
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| 1986 |
8,351 |
|
38,075 |
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| 1987 |
9,864 |
|
39,117 |
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| 1988 |
14,145 |
|
44,145 |
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| 1989 |
11,214 |
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39,881 |
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| 1990 |
15,075 |
|
41,745 |
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| 1991 |
31,528 |
|
56,159 |
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| 1992 |
19,574 |
|
46,242 |
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| 1993 |
15,116 |
|
41,136 |
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| 1994 |
19,302 |
|
44,390 |
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| 1995 |
13,139 |
|
37,943 |
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| 1996 |
23,942 |
|
49,063 |
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| 1997 |
21,521 |
|
47,221 |
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| 1998 |
25,334 |
|
51,047 |
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| 1999 |
37,326 |
|
60,941 |
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| 2000 |
15,980 |
|
41,696 |
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| 2001 |
12,898 |
|
34,918 |
|
| 2002 |
28,330 |
|
49,620 |
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| 2003 |
27,402 |
|
49,166 |
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Note: Product liability were not counted as separate cases until the mid-1970's.
Source: Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts,
2002-03, NCJ 208713 |
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