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Personal injury Recoveries Rise in 2009's
Posted on Mar 15, 2010
Recoveries that National Law Journal affiliate VerdictSearch counted among its Top 100 Verdicts of 2009, commercial verdicts fell last year. Some personal injury cases increased like , medicaledical malpractice awards which jumped from $321 million to $509.2 million; motor vehicle verdicts hit $738.9 million (up from $470 million); and products liability jumped to $1.1 billion from $458 million the year before.
According to law firm litigation department heads interviewed by The NLJ, the corporate clients worked to control costs by waiting to file suits. They likely will continue do so through the first half of 2010. Part of it is deferring activity and not necessarily commencing a lawsuit if you can sue now or a year from now..
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