Only a tiny fraction of grievances ever become lawsuits

Evidence

Overall, most people resolve their grievances outside the legal system. Thus a national survey of 1,000 randomly selected households found that of 1,000 grievances, only 718 resulted in claims. Those 718 claims led to only 449 disputes. In only 103 of those disputes were lawyers consulted, and in only 50 was a case filed in court. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2186

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to earlier chapter claims about most cases being settled and the defendant’s/plaintiff’s practical barriers. — connects to: Fewer than 13 percent of trial court decisions are appealed — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1461; Most consumer problems never become disputes because people lump or avoid them — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1057; Americans rarely convert their disputes into lawsuits despite high civil filing rates — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1133