The following may delay and/or reduce a refund: A tax return that has errors A taxpayer and/or spouse, if filing a joint return, who has any outstanding unpaid assessments,
Overall, for all areas of the law, federal civil trials have declined 60 percent since the mid-1980s. In 2002, less than 2 percent of those cases ended in a trial â down from 12 percent in 1962 and 20 percent in the 1920s. Less than 5 percent of criminal cases go to trial; most result in plea bargains.
When people say 'settle out of court,' there's a notion that they paid something prior to trial, Anderson says. On the contrary, he says. In our experience, while 90% of malpractice cases close without a trial, 90% of the 90% -- or 82% of all claims -- close with no payment whatsoever.