Day on Torts
New data out from the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts puts data behind what those of us who practice tort law knew: tort filings are down in Tennessee.
The AOC’s Annual Statistical Report shows that tort filings for the one year period ending June 30, 2011 were 10,576. Ten years ago, in the one year period ending June 30, 2002, there were 12,166 tort cases filed in the state.
Total tort case filings in the six counties with the largest population were as follows: