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Part B - Personal Injury Actions

Table 15 Personal Injury Actions - Amount Recovered and Costs Claimed and Costs Allowed [All Bills]
Amount Recovered Total Costs (Note 3) Profit Costs (Note 6)

Amount Recovered (Note 1)

 Total No. of Cases Lowest Highest Median Claimed Allowed Claimed Allowed
Lowest Highest Median No. of Bills Submitted (Note 4) Lowest Highest Median No. of Bills Taxed (Note 5) Lowest Highest Median No. of Bills Submitted Lowest Highest Median No. of Bills Taxed (Note 7)
< $120,000 8 40,000 100,000 100,000 73,600 245,800 127,100 8 48,200 194,000 90,800 5 63,200 186,200 86,700 8 43,000 127,000 44,300 3
$120,000 to < $600,000 85 120,000 576,900 315,000 76,400 793,700 284,900 85 43,600 648,400 236,400 46 33,000 439,000 185,900 85 26,500 425,500 152,100 41
$600,000 to < $1 M 46 600,000 997,900 793,000 160,800 1,171,600 379,700 46 106,900 611,600 285,000 21 105,100 690,000 243,200 46 96,200 348,100 193,500 19
$1 M to < $3 M 45 1,000,000 2,680,000 1,364,500 229,100 1,285,500 487,500 45 223,700 1,208,600 455,200 22 134,700 723,000 268,300 45 110,300 723,000 272,400 22
$3 M to < $5 M 12 3,000,000 4,800,000 3,300,700 294,000 4,646,800 879,000 12 372,900 4,050,400 630,800 6 171,900 2,114,700 468,600 12 222,500 1,694,000 342,100 6
$5 M or above 7 5,000,000 12,250,000 6,907,900 542,300 3,816,400 1,466,200 7 988,300 3,202,700 2,316,800 4 306,500 1,968,600 693,400 7 489,700 1,650,000 669,200 3
< $ 1M 139 40,000 997,900 400,000 73,600 1,171,600 305,000 139 43,600 648,400 237,100 72 33,000 690,000 201,500 139 26,500 425,500 156,500 63
< $ 3M 184 40,000 2,680,000 575,900 73,600 1,285,500 333,200 184 43,600 1,208,600 261,900 94 33,000 723,000 219,600 184 26,500 723,000 179,600 85
Sub-Total 203 40,000 12,250,000 650,000 73,600 4,646,800 357,500 203 43,600 4,050,400 280,600 104 33,000 2,114,700 226,200 203 26,500 1,694,000 194,800 94
No Quantified Amount Recovered (Note 2) 4 N/A N/A N/A 18,200 480,000 75,200 4 25,500 480,000 33,200 3 13,300 302,000 47,300 4 22,400 302,000 162,200 2
Counsel's fees (Note 8) Expert Fees

Amount Recovered

Total No. of Cases Claimed Allowed Claimed Allowed
Lowest Highest Median No. of Bills Submitted Lowest Highest Median No. of Bills Taxed (Note 9) Lowest Highest Median No. of Bills Submitted (Note 10) Lowest Highest Median No. of Bills Taxed (Note 11)
< $120,000 8 18,000 40,000 18,500 (4) 25,000 25,000 25,000 1 8,800 44,500 20,100 (4) 26,300 44,500 35,400 2
$120,000 to < $600,000 85 13,000 272,500 54,000 (79) 14,500 181,500 46,900 39 500 107,700 12,900 (74) 500 75,300 11,800 35
$600,000 to < $1 M 46 14,000 319,300 93,500 (45) 12,000 180,000 90,500 20 500 119,400 15,500 (37) 500 55,300 10,800 15
$1 M to < $3 M 45 28,500 503,700 129,000 (43) 37,500 448,900 125,000 22 600 230,900 25,000 (36) 600 145,200 29,000 18
$3 M to < $5 M 12 59,500 1,847,500 157,300 (12) 82,500 1,692,300 134,000 6 600 558,200 77,700 (11) 600 522,700 41,200 6
$5 M or above 7 151,500 1,442,800 507,900 (7) 369,200 1,160,400 383,500 3 50,200 397,800 127,500 (7) 115,800 370,400 127,500 3
< $ 1M 139 13,000 319,300 60,900 (128) 12,000 181,500 52,800 60 500 119,400 13,300 (115) 500 75,300 12,200 52
< $ 3M 184 13,000 503,700 71,000 (171) 12,000 448,900 73,800 82 500 230,900 15,000 (151) 500 145,200 14,700 70
Sub-Total 203 13,000 1,847,500 79,300 (190) 12,000 1,692,300 79,000 91 500 558,200 18,700 (169) 500 522,700 18,100 79
No Quantified Amount Recovered 4 33,600 148,500 91,100 (2) 32,000 32,000 32,000 1 800 800 800 (1) N/A N/A N/A 0
Taxation Costs (Note 12)

Amount Recovered

Total No. of Cases Claimed Allowed
Lowest Highest Median No. of Bills Submitted Lowest Highest Median No. of Bills Taxed (Note 13)
< $120,000 8 8,500 37,400 22,500 8 7,000 21,800 17,600 3
$120,000 to < $600,000 85 6,500 99,700 33,500 85 6,100 72,500 31,000 41
$600,000 to < $1 M 46 11,500 122,100 39,100 46 14,900 89,000 44,400 19
$1 M to < $3 M 45 16,500 149,300 46,800 45 18,600 149,300 46,500 20
$3 M to < $5 M 12 45,800 230,700 69,500 12 34,400 227,700 61,900 6
$5 M or above 7 40,500 210,400 109,100 7 95,800 210,400 99,200 3
< $ 1M 139 6,500 122,100 34,400 139 6,100 89,000 33,400 63
< $ 3M 184 6,500 149,300 37,500 184 6,100 149,300 35,400 83
Sub-Total 203 6,500 230,700 39,000 203 6,100 227,700 36,800 92
No Quantified Amount Recovered 4 6,600 39,100 16,600 4 5,600 5,600 5,600 1

Notes:

(1) See Note 2 at Table 1.   <back>
(2) See Note 3 at Table 1.   <back>
(3) See Note 4 at Table 1.   <back>
(4) See Note 5 at Table 1.   <back>
(5) See Note 6 at Table 1.   <back>
(6) See Note 7 at Table 1.   <back>
(7) See Note 8 at Table 1.   <back>
(8) See Note 9 at Table 1.   <back>
(9) See Note 10 at Table 1.   <back>
(10) Not every case involved experts. The figures in brackets represent the number of bills in which experts' fees featured.  <back>
(11) Not every bill involved experts' fees. The number of taxed bills represents the number of bills in which experts' fees featured and were actually taxed.  <back>
(12) See Note 11 at Table 1.   <back>
(13) See Note 12 at Table 1.  <back>


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