Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,
filename:  torttrial.csv,,,,
"Tort cases concluded by trial in U.S. district courts, 1970 - 2003",,,,
"data source:  Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts, 2002-03  NCJ 208713",,,,
author:  Thomas Cohen,,,,
refer questions to:  askbjs@usdoj.gov      202-307-0765,,,,
date of version 12/22/05,,,,

"Tort cases concluded by trial in U.S. district courts, 1970 - 2003",,,,


Year,Percent of tort cases decidedby trial,,Tort trials,Total tort cases
1970,10,%,2526,25451
1971,10,,2644,25692
1972,10,,2653,27199
1973,10,,2499,26223
1974,9,,2226,24430
1975,9,,2291,24748
1976,10,,2366,23619
1977,9,,2142,24421
1978,9,,2292,25149
1979,8,,2211,26599
1980,8,,2315,29420
1981,9,,2817,30999
1982,9,,2660,30844
1983,9,,2794,32630
1984,8,,2941,34812
1985,9,,3604,38128
1986,8,,2897,38075
1987,7,,2754,39117
1988,6,,2503,44145
1989,6,,2321,39881
1990,5,,2108,41745
1991,4,,2127,56159
1992,4,,1874,46242
1993,4,,1714,41136
1994,4,,1740,44390
1995,4,,1616,37943
1996,3,,1507,49063
1997,3,,1516,47221
1998,3,,1438,51047
1999,2,,1317,60941
2000,3,,1147,41696
2001,4,,1234,34918
2002,2,,879,49620
2003,2,,768,49166

"Source: Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts, 2002-03  NCJ 208713",,,,