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.
Those cases that do go ahead are said to be 'effective'. More about how courts work... Case length in your local area. You can find out about the average time a case took - from the offence to the outcome - in courts within your local area between April and June 2015. Cases are broken down into three stages: 1  offence committed, up until defendant charged (formally accused by the police) or written summons received. 2  defendant charged or written summons received, up until first hearing. 3  first hearing, up until case outcome.