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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 10 > Forget the cost of a trial; what about not settling?

Forget the cost of a trial; what about not settling?

By Jonathan D. Glater / The Bulletin
August 10, 2008

Note to victims of accidents, medical malpractice, broken contracts and the like: When you sue, make a deal.

That is the clear lesson of a soon-to-be-released study of civil lawsuits that has found that most of the plaintiffs who decided to pass up a settlement offer and went to trial ended up....

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