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,
Pre-trial Settlement Percentage: Statistics on Personal Injury Settlements. Four percent to five percent of the personal injury cases in the United States go to trial. 95 percent to 96 percent of personal injury cases are settled pretrial. Several researchers and experts quote these numbers like gospel. The source of these statistics is the US Government, so gospel it is.
The Supreme Court receives the direct appeal of. all criminal cases in which the defendant is sentenced to death. Appeals from. prosecutions for relatively minor crimes (misdemeanors) and from civil cases in which. the plaintiff asked for less than $25,000 go to a special appeals department of the superior. court.