Litigation Patterns in Automobile Bodily Injury Claims 1977–1997: Effects of Time and Tort Reforms

Mark J. Browne and Joan T. Schmit

Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2008, vol. 75, issue 1, 83-100

Abstract: This study uses data from the Insurance Research Council to investigate changes in the use of attorneys and in the filing of legal claims to resolve automobile third‐party bodily injury claims between 1977 and 1997. We find results consistent with the general public perception that the use of attorneys and the filing of legal claims have increased over the study period. In addition, we find evidence that tort reforms enacted by the states have slowed the rates of increase in the use of attorneys and in the filing of legal claims to resolve automobile insurance claim disputes.

Date: 2008
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