Do Most Personal Injury Cases Really Go To Trial?
Do most personal injury cases go to trial? Very few, says Oakland attorney Andrew Dósa—the overwhelming majority settle. For an ordinary, modest-value case there's little financial incentive to try it: if your expert doctor costs $5,000–$10,000 and the case is worth $15,000, trial rarely pays. Insurers know that math and negotiate from a position of leverage.
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Answered by Andrew Dósa · Oakland, CA
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— why the cost of trial makes a modest case settle
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Do most personal injury cases go to trial?
Very few—the overwhelming majority settle, because for a modest-value case the cost of trial rarely pays. If your expert doctor costs $5,000 to $10,000 and the case is worth $15,000, trial doesn't make sense, and insurers negotiate knowing that math.
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