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.
1 Most traffic tickets cases are settled without a trial, but if your case does go to trial, paying for testing and testimony by expert witnesses to refute the state's evidence can add $2,000-$5,000 or more to the total cost. In these cases, most attorneys charge a flat fee rather an hourly rate, and many lawyers accept traffic citation work by mail. 2  Attorney fees quickly jump to $900-$2,000 or more to contest a speeding ticket and can run $2,000-$5,000 and up for a more complex traffic case that goes to trial.