Day on Torts
Information is now available on the number of personal injury and wrongful death trials and jury verdicts in Dyer County, Tennessee (county seat: Dyersburg) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022.
There were 64 personal injury and wrongful death cases closed in closed in Dyer County (not including health care liability act cases) and only 1 tort trials. Here is how that compares with prior years:
But look at the graph below. Not only did the plaintiff not recover in the sole trial that occurred last year (which is not that unusual) but a plaintiff has not prevailed in a single personal injury or wrongful death case in Dyer County in the last six fiscal years (fourteen total trials).
You can find information about trials and verdicts in tort cases for every county in Tennessee by visiting the Free Resources at www.birddoglaw.com. Click on this link to find a list of every county in the state, click on the relevant county, and go to “Case Statistics.” (Note: we are still inputting the 2021-22 data so some counties will have data only through June 30, 2021. All information will be complete before May 1.