Day on Torts
As I mentioned in my February 17, 2013 post about Tennessee personal injury and wrongful death court filings, the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Court has released statistics about the Tennessee’s justice system. Among the data produced is information about the number of personal injury and wrongful death jury trials in Tennessee counties for the year ended 2011-12.
Here is the data for Tennessee’s counties that actually had jury trials in tort cases:
- Washington – 5
- Sullivan – 5
- Greene – 3
- Hamblen – 1
- Sevier – 6
- Blount – 2
- Knox – 28
- Anderson – 7
- Campbell – 1
- Clairborne – 2
- Loudon – 1
- Meigs – 1
- Bradley – 5
- McMinn – 1
- Monroe – 2
- Hamilton – 19
- Franklin – 3
- Rhea – 2
- Cumberland – 3
- Putnam – 7
- Coffee – 3
- Macon – 1
- Wilson – 2
- Rutherford – 9
- Moore – 1
- Sumner – 1
- Montgomery – 4
- Robertson – 1
- Davidson – 47
- Williamson – 3
- Giles – 2
- Lawrence – 1
- Maury – 3
- Cheatham – 1
- Humphreys – 1
- Benton – 1
- Carroll – 1
- Henry – 1
- Fayette – 2
- Tipton – 1
- Henderson – 1
- Madison – 4
- Obion – 1
- Weakley – 1
- Dyer – 1
- Shelby – 47
- Warren – 2
There were a total of 249 total jury trials in Tennessee personal injury and wrongful death cases during the year. The other 48 counties in Tennessee did not have a single jury trial in a personal injury or wrongful death case in the year which ended June 30, 2012.