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Lex Machina's Torts Litigation Report 2022 looks at torts litigation trends in federal district and appellate courts. It focuses on the five-year period from 2017 to 2021 and discusses emerging trends in Federal Torts Claims Act, medical malpractice, motor vehicle, premises liability cases, and appellate outcomes in torts litigation.

The report covers the following analytics:

  • Case Filings (including motor vehicle and premises liability cases, cases caused by COVID-19, and federal appellate cases)
  • Top Venues
  • Top Judges
  • Most Active Parties
  • Most Active Law Firms (including and excluding mass torts)
  • Timing
  • Case Resolutions
  • Findings (including negligence and intentional torts)
  • Damages
This report presents data from Lex Machina’s Legal Analytics platform. Using machine learning and technology-assisted attorney review, raw data is extracted from PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records), which contains documents from federal district and appellate courts. The raw data is then cleaned, tagged, structured, and loaded into Lex Machina’s proprietary platform. This report is prepared by the Lex Machina Product Team using charts and graphs from the platform. Commentary is provided by Lex Machina’s legal experts.

To see some of the key findings in the report, view our infographic.

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