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Proportion of cases resulting in a defendant verdict, plaintiff verdict, or settlement (n = 92)
| Case verdict | All years n = 92 % (n) |
1982-1989 n = 7 % (n) |
1990-1999 n = 31 % (n) |
2000-2009 n = 32 % (n) |
2010-2018 n = 17 % (n) |
| Plaintiff | 30% (28) | 43% (3) | 29% (9) | 34% (11) | 24% (4) |
| Settlement | 32% (29) | 29% (2) | 29% (9) | 34% (11) | 18% (3) |
| Defendant | 38% (35) | 29% (2) | 42% (13) | 31% (10) | 59% (10) |
