Case Duration by Case Type Figure 4 shows that, of the most frequently filed case types, employment, business tort, and breach of contract cases fall nearest to the overall median time to disposition for certified cases.
Figure 4. Days to disposition for certified cases This finding is not surprising as the average and median times to disposition are driven by the most common disposition, settlement, and these three case types account for 83% of all settlements in certified cases (213 of 256 settlement dispositions). However, the distribution profile for time to disposition changes within the different case types depending on how the case is certified. The overall median time to disposition for all cases certified as part of a settlement is 1.7 years;51 the average is 1.9 years.
Figure 5. Time to disposition for cases certified as part of a settlement Time to disposition for employment cases and business torts drive the average in this certification category as they represent more than 75% of cases certified in this manner, as 51
Median at 636 days; mean at 694 days.
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