Publication Date

7-1-1990

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

Sturm College of Law

Keywords

Torts, Litigation, Streetcars, Empirical, Empiricism, Hurst, Trial courts, Archival, Streetcars, Trolleys, Rail, Personal injury, Lawyers, Courts, Oakland, Berkeley, Ambulance chasing, Damages, Settlement, Verdict, Jury, Risk, Danger, Automobiles

Abstract

This article presents empirical data concerning trial-court, tort litigation in Alameda County, California from 1901-1910. The data analyze the entire universe of trial-court litigation during this decade and are NOT a sample.

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Originally published as Lawrence M. Friedman & Thomas D. Russell, More Civil Wrongs: Personal Injury Litigation, 1901-1910, 34 American Journal of Legal History 295 (July 1990).

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