States

July 25, 2026

California Personal Injury Settlements

This page looks at settlement payouts and jury awards in personal injury cases in California. We provide statistics on reported settlements and jury verdicts, as well as factual summaries of recent cases resulting in payouts.

We also provide an overview of key personal injury laws in California, including the statute of limitations for injury claims, medical malpractice rules, comparative fault, and limits on damages.

Historical research published by Jury Verdict Research reported a compensatory median award of $150,000 in California personal injury trials, an average award of approximately $1.6 million, and a plaintiff recovery rate of about 45 percent. Those figures are useful background, but they should not be mistaken for current statewide averages. The dataset is not a live measure of 2026 verdicts, and the mix of catastrophic cases can push the mathematical average far above the result in a typical case.

July 19, 2026

North Carolina Medical Malpractice Law and Settlements

by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.

On this page, we will look at North Carolina medical malpractice lawsuits. We will examine the average settlement value of medical malpractice cases in North Carolina by reviewing recent settlements and verdicts. We will also provide a summary of North Carolina law governing medical malpractice.

If you have a potential medical malpractice or birth injury claim, you can get a free no-obligation consultation online or call us today at 800-553-8082.

Settlement Value of North Carolina Medical Malpractice Cases

July 17, 2026

Texas Personal Injury Settlement Amounts and Statistics

by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.

This page explores settlement amounts and jury awards in Texas personal injury cases. Our attorneys also dive deep into Texas personal injury law to help you better understand the law when bringing a personal injury claim in Texas.

If you’re a personal injury victim filing a compensation claim in Texas, you should know the potential range of settlement payouts for your case. Why? Monetary compensation is ultimately what a personal injury or wrongful death claim is all about. The purpose of the system is to put a dollar amount on your suffering, because that is all the civil justice system can provide for you.

This page is designed to survey how personal injury cases have been resolved in Texas, offering you the opportunity to align your claim with Texas personal injury lawsuit settlement statistics and example settlements and jury awards.

June 18, 2026

California Birth Injury Lawsuits

by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.

California birth injury lawsuits are about holding doctors, nurses, hospitals, urgent care clinics, OB practices, and other health care providers accountable when preventable medical mistakes cause real harm to the child during the labor and delivery process. But the most devastating California malpractice cases our lawyers see are birth injury lawsuits. Birth injury cases are different. A missed diagnosis in an adult case can ruin a life. A negligent delivery can ruin the life of a child before that child ever gets a fair start. It can also change the parents’ lives forever.

These are the cases where the parents walk into the hospital expecting one of the happiest days of their lives, and they leave with a baby who has brain damage, seizures, cerebral palsy, a brachial plexus injury, or a lifetime need for medical care. That is hard to write. But it is the truth.

California birth injury lawsuits often focus on whether doctors and nurses failed to recognize fetal distress, delayed a C-section, mismanaged Pitocin, ignored abnormal fetal heart tracings, mishandled shoulder dystocia, failed to treat maternal infection, failed to respond to placental abruption, or failed to properly resuscitate the baby after delivery.

June 16, 2026

Maine Injury Settlements and Verdicts (and law)

by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.

Ten years ago, I posted data showing the average personal injury verdict in Maine was approximately $27,000. These numbers do not tend to change much historically. So my guess is the average personal injury settlement in Maine is between $25,000 and $40,000.

But you have to understand how useless that is if you have a personal injury claim in Maine and you are trying to calculate or predict your settlement compensation payout.

Sample settlements and verdicts are not necessarily much better at projecting settlement amounts. But these are weapons you can use to better understand potential settlement compensation for an injury case in Maine.

June 14, 2026

Rhode Island Sex Abuse Lawsuits

by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.

This page is about Rhode Island sexual abuse lawsuits. Our lawyers examine how Rhode Island law defines sexual abuse and assault and when victims of sex abuse can file civil lawsuits and get compensation. We will also analyze the potential settlement for sex abuse lawsuits in Rhode Island.

2026 Update #1: Rhode Island Opens Sexual Abuse Revival Window

Rhode Island has now opened a two-year revival window for civil childhood sexual abuse lawsuits. Governor Dan McKee signed the legislation on June 11, 2026, and the window runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028. This is the most important Rhode Island sex abuse statute of limitations development in years because it gives survivors with previously expired claims a new opportunity to sue not only perpetrators, but also institutions and supervisors accused of enabling, concealing, failing to report, or negligently supervising the abuse.

June 2, 2026

Average Pennsylvania Personal Injury Settlements and Verdicts

by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.

The post is about the settlement compensation payouts you can expect in Pennsylvania.

A recent study of jury verdicts found that the average personal injury jury verdict in Pennsylvania is $903,705.00.

Now let’s turn the kaleidoscope and look at the median. If you remember from the 9th grade, the median is found by ranking the data from biggest to smallest and then identifying the middle of the data so that there is an equal number that is larger and smaller on each side. If you had 1001 data points, the 500th biggest number would be in the middle.

For many data groups, the gap between the average and the median is the same or very close to it. With personal injury verdicts, they are usually light-years apart. This is reflected in this new study that just came out in Pennsylvania. The median compensatory award in Pennsylvania in the study was $45,000.00

June 1, 2026

South Carolina Settlement Amounts and Jury Payouts

by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.

This page looks at South Carolina personal injury settlements and jury award payouts. We look at settlement amounts and jury awards in South Carolina car accident, medical malpractice, premises liability, wrongful death, product liability, and other injury lawsuits.

If you have a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit in South Carolina, you understandably want to know the settlement amount or jury payout you can expect. Looking at example verdicts and settlements helps. It gives you a real-world sense of what South Carolina juries and defendants have done in prior cases.

But examples are only a starting point. You can have two cases that look similar on paper and end with very different results. Case value depends on the injury, liability, venue, medical proof, insurance coverage, witness credibility, and whether the plaintiff can show how the injury changed daily life.

May 21, 2026

Camp Barrett Juvenile Hall Sex Abuse Lawsuit Settlements

by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.

Camp Barrett was a juvenile detention facility operated by the San Diego County Probation Department and located in Alpine, California. It was meant to serve as a rehabilitation program for boys placed in custody by the juvenile court system, many of whom were minors with no history of violence. But for some of the youth sent there, Camp Barrett became a site of profound trauma from physical and sexual abuse.

Camp Barrett sex abuse lawsuits involve allegations that staff members sexually abused boys in their custody, taking advantage of the facility’s isolation and lack of oversight. The reports describe a system that did not simply overlook warning signs but created the conditions that allowed abuse to occur. Officers had access to children in private spaces, complaints were ignored or never documented, and leadership failed to act despite indications of misconduct.

Instead of safety and rehabilitation, these boys were met with exploitation. And the very institution responsible for their care, the San Diego County Probation Department, now faces serious questions about how this abuse was allowed to continue unchecked for years.

May 21, 2026

Maryville Academy Sex Abuse Lawsuits: Updates & Deadlines

by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.

Maryville Academy sex abuse lawsuits involve allegations that boys and other vulnerable children placed at the former Catholic-run youth facility in Des Plaines, Illinois, were sexually abused by clergy, staff, or administrators who should never have had access to children.

For years, Maryville Academy was presented as a safe haven for vulnerable children. It was supposed to be a place where at-risk youth could receive care, education, structure, and spiritual guidance. Survivors now describe something very different: abuse, ignored complaints, institutional silence, and a failure by church and facility leadership to protect the children in their care.

The Maryville Academy scandal is not just about individual acts of abuse. It is about an institution that allegedly enabled, protected, or failed to stop abusers while vulnerable children were under its control. Recent allegations involve multiple priests and administrators associated with Maryville Academy, with claims reaching back to the 1980s.