The following may delay and/or reduce a refund: A tax return that has errors A taxpayer and/or spouse, if filing a joint return, who has any outstanding unpaid assessments,
Overall, for all areas of the law, federal civil trials have declined 60 percent since the mid-1980s. In 2002, less than 2 percent of those cases ended in a trial â down from 12 percent in 1962 and 20 percent in the 1920s. Less than 5 percent of criminal cases go to trial; most result in plea bargains.
Cases that reach jury trial An estimated 79% of civil jury trials in the Nation's 75 largest counties involved a tort action, 18% were con-tract cases, and 2% real property rights cases (table 2). Automobile torts accounted for 33% of all jury trial cases; premises liability, 17%, and medical malpractice, 11%. Product liability and toxic substance