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VERDICT AND SETTLEMENT INFORMATION

Lawyers in litigation need to be able to ascertain what amount they can reasonably expect to recover in damages on particular types of claims. This is necessary in order to help the client and the attorney make decisions on the advisability of litigating and on reasonable settlement results, and to support claims for verdict reduction where awards are excessive.

The need for this information can be met by services that gather and publish information about verdict and settlement amounts by the type of action in particular courts. These reports usually contain summaries of the facts of the situations and the holdings on the various claims. The reports can be useful sources of information on how trial courts in a jurisdiction are handling various types of claims and can also provide the names of expert witnesses. Note that trial decisions are rarely published.

Cook County Jury Verdict Reporter
The weekly Cook County Jury Verdict Reporter provides attorneys, insurance companies, hospitals, and other interested parties with timely civil verdict information for accurate case evaluation, successful litigation, and settlement negotiation. The Reporter publishes summaries of cases tried or settled in Cook County and notes the trial attorneys, judge, case name and number, verdict amount, specific injuries or damage, insurer that paid the judgment or settlement, and expert witnesses.

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Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter
The monthly Illinois Jury Verdict Reporter publishes summaries of cases tried or settled throughout Illinois (outside Cook County) and notes the trial attorneys, judge, case name and number, verdict amount, specific injuries or damage, insurer that paid the judgment or settlement, and expert witnesses.

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Jury Verdict Summaries

The National Association of State Jury Verdict Publishers (NASJVP) publishes Jury Verdict Summaries from throughout the United States . The publishers collect detailed civil litigation information directly from the attorneys who tried the cases and then write concise summaries, which are used by attorneys and insurers for case evaluation.

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National Association of State Jury Verdict Publishers

NASJVP provides an expert witness directory, an alphabetical listing of nearly 40,000 experts who have testified in civil jury trials across the U.S. which have been reported by NASJVP members.

WESTLAW Databases:  Illinois Jury Verdicts Combined (IL-JV); Illinois Jury Verdicts Plus, which also includes Indiana and Wisconsin (IL-JV-PLUS); Jury Verdict and Settlement Summaries - Illinois (LRPIL-JV). 

 

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