Torts

By claim type

• Personal injury - Product liability

  878,932 cases · 19,291 reached a judgment
  15.9%

  plaintiff win
• Asbestos personal injury - Prod. Liab.

  360,003 cases · 2,271 reached a judgment
  62.2%

  plaintiff win
• Other personal liability

  308,416 cases · 43,117 reached a judgment
  18.9%

  plaintiff win
• Health care / pharm

  212,595 cases · 13,928 reached a judgment
  0.3%

  plaintiff win
• Motor vehicle personal injury

  167,420 cases · 14,583 reached a judgment
  46.8%

  plaintiff win
• Marine personal injury

  71,467 cases · 7,165 reached a judgment
  38.5%

  plaintiff win
• Other fraud

  64,755 cases · 10,307 reached a judgment
  38.9%

  plaintiff win
• Other personal property damage

  63,940 cases · 6,078 reached a judgment
  34.8%

  plaintiff win
• Medical malpractice

  45,814 cases · 7,304 reached a judgment
  22.1%

  plaintiff win
• Federal employers' liability

  42,897 cases · 3,482 reached a judgment
  38.7%

  plaintiff win
• Assault, libel, and slander

  23,348 cases · 4,396 reached a judgment
  15.4%

  plaintiff win
• Property damage - Product liability

  20,365 cases · 1,596 reached a judgment
  25.1%

  plaintiff win
• Airplane personal injury

  17,782 cases · 1,591 reached a judgment
  26.7%

  plaintiff win
• Motor vehicle product liability

  17,159 cases · 1,691 reached a judgment
  19.9%

  plaintiff win
• Truth in lending

  15,063 cases · 2,336 reached a judgment
  20.7%

  plaintiff win
• False Claims Act

  4,610 cases · 474 reached a judgment
  43.5%

  plaintiff win
• Airplane product liability

  4,251 cases · 463 reached a judgment
  15.8%

  plaintiff win
• Qui Tam (31 USC 3729(a))

  2,811 cases · 101 reached a judgment
  16.8%

  plaintiff win
• Marine - Product liability

  1,712 cases · 384 reached a judgment
  59.9%

  plaintiff win

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.