Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, M.D. Florida

959

Cases

58.8%

Ended before merits

564 of 959 cases

97%

Plaintiff win

of 395 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

+10.6 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 10.6 points more often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Plaintiff win39.9%
Dismissed38.4%
Settled14.5%
Remanded2.5%
Transferred1.9%
Other1.6%
Defendant win1.1%
Mixed0.1%

Source: FJC Integrated Database (public domain), via CourtListener — federal civil cases filed and terminated, 1988–present. Figures are descriptive statistics about how cases of a given type have closed in a given court. They describe the historical record — not a prediction or assessment of any specific case. Not legal advice.