Trends In Personal Injury Lawsuits, 2010-2016 (1)

 

Year Award median Probability range (2) Award range Award mean
2010 $39,300 $ 10,000 - $200,000 $ 1 - $71,000,000 $654,041
2011 60,924 12,268 - 344,060 1 - 58,619,989 805,886
2012 75,000 19,067 - 362,562 1 - 155,237,000 1,097,507
2013 70,000 16,000 - 300,000 1 - 165,972,503 1,010,202
2014 75,000 16,011 - 400,000 1 - 172,061,728 1,041,726
2015 87,631 20,000 - 485,475 1 - 88,246,000 1,132,339
2016 100,000 23,000 - 520,000 1 - 115,000,000 1,354,801
Overall $68,189 $15,000 - $350,000 $1 - $172,061,728 $995,975
(1) Excludes punitive damages. (2) Twenty-five percent above and below the median award. The median represents the midpoint jury award. Half of the awards are above the median and half are below. This helps establish where awards tend to cluster. Source: Reprinted with permission of Thomson Reuters, Current Award Trends in Personal Injury, 57th edition.