By The Law Offices of John Day, P.C. on Apr 20, 2023 11:01 am
Information is now available on the number of tort trials and jury verdicts in Sumner County, Tennessee (county seat: Gallatin) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. There were 236 personal injury and wrongful death cases closed in Sumner County (not including health care liability act cases) and 5 trials. Here is how that compares with prior years: 
Of the five cases that were tried, two were jury trials and three were nonjury trials. . The plaintiff made a financial recovery in two of the five trials cases. Note: the fact that the plaintiff recovered in about 60% of the cases does not mean the plaintiff “won” about 40% of the cases. Why? Because we do not know whether the plaintiff’s recovery exceeded the pretrial offer. We can say that in Shelby County last year defendants received a defense judgment in about 60% of the cases that were tried. Here is the data in a graph:
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