Motor vehicle personal injury
Federal civil · Torts · 167,420 cases filed and closed (1988–present).
167,420
Cases filed
91.3%
Ended before a merits judgment
152,837 of 167,420 cases
46.8%
Plaintiff win
of 14,583 merits judgments
43.1%
Defendant win
of merits judgments
How they closed
- Settled50.5%
- Dismissed28.8%
- Remanded5.5%
- Plaintiff win4.1%
- Defendant win3.8%
- Other3.7%
- Transferred2.8%
- Decided — other0.5%
- Mixed0.4%
- Affirmed0%
- Denied0%
Where you file matters
The same claim resolves differently across districts. Plaintiff-win rate among merits judgments, busiest courts first.
- District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania11,918 cases · 1,121 decided64.9%
- District Court, D. New Jersey8,799 cases · 673 decided50.2%
- District Court, E.D. New York8,439 cases · 496 decided41.7%
- District Court, E.D. Louisiana6,343 cases · 457 decided35.2%
- District Court, S.D. New York6,279 cases · 279 decided26.9%
- District Court, D. Maryland5,044 cases · 470 decided46%
- District Court, D. South Carolina4,904 cases · 384 decided52.1%
- District Court, N.D. Georgia3,757 cases · 363 decided38.8%
- District Court, S.D. Mississippi3,752 cases · 361 decided34.1%
- District Court, W.D. Louisiana3,381 cases · 222 decided41%
- District Court, S.D. Texas3,187 cases · 204 decided35.8%
- District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania3,088 cases · 223 decided51.1%
- District Court, N.D. Illinois3,044 cases · 254 decided46.1%
- District Court, E.D. Virginia2,974 cases · 321 decided50.8%
- District Court, District of Columbia2,878 cases · 363 decided48.5%
- District Court, C.D. California2,660 cases · 171 decided55.6%
- District Court, M.D. Florida2,520 cases · 158 decided51.3%
- District Court, E.D. Tennessee2,472 cases · 302 decided52%
- District Court, E.D. Missouri2,446 cases · 194 decided59.8%
- District Court, E.D. Texas2,196 cases · 159 decided49.1%
- District Court, N.D. Alabama2,093 cases · 165 decided61.2%
- District Court, W.D. Texas2,066 cases · 195 decided30.8%
- District Court, N.D. Ohio2,065 cases · 209 decided49.8%
- District Court, D. Massachusetts2,046 cases · 205 decided36.1%
- District Court, E.D. Michigan1,974 cases · 212 decided35.8%
- District Court, N.D. Texas1,889 cases · 194 decided39.7%
- District Court, N.D. Indiana1,887 cases · 173 decided56.6%
- District Court, E.D. Kentucky1,862 cases · 170 decided35.9%
- District Court, D. Kansas1,858 cases · 199 decided49.7%
- District Court, S.D. Indiana1,823 cases · 123 decided41.5%
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.