The verdict is in and it's online

From: The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report | Date: June 4, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

QUESTION: What is the range of jury verdict awards in personal injury cases where the plaintiff is more than 60 years old and was hit from the rear, resulting in a bulging lumbar spine, for which a physician's recommended surgery was never done?

ANSWER: There are 11 cases to choose from in the annals of the Louisiana district court system. The range of the awards is $2,025 to $750,000, with an average verdict of about $9,725. Three of the 11 cases produced no award.

These cases were found using the services of a civil verdicts and settlement research company, which in itself is nothing ...

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