How Many Personal Injury Cases Actually Go To A Trial?

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Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“How many of those cases actually go to trial?”

Andrew Dósa – Personal Injury Attorney – Alameda County, CA

“Well, the answer is very, very few.”

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“That’s what I thought.”

Andrew Dósa – Personal Injury Attorney – Alameda County, CA

“Yeah, there are very few criminal cases that go to trial, and very few civil cases that go to trial. For the average straight-forward case that’s not substantial, there’s no economic incentive to going to trial. If you knew you had to bring in your doctor to testify as an expert, and your doctor was going to cost you between five and ten thousand dollars, and your case was worth $15,000, there’s just not much attractive upside to the trial. So, realistically, because the insurance company has that incredible amount of leverage in every case…”

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“They know going in what you are going to have to do to prove your side, and so they can negotiate from that position of power.”