Use of Lawyers
» Use of Lawyers, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2005
If respondent consulted lawyer in the last year AND has ongoing relationship with law firm or individual lawyer AND has used lawyer in the last three years to help settle a legal dispute AND dispute settled out-of-court or arbitrated.
Think of the dispute that was most recently RESOLVED one way or another.
8a1. Did insurance or an insurance company play an important role in the decision to pursue an out-of-court settlement/arbitrated or mediated settlement?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | 14 | ||
| 2 | No | 86 | ||
| 3 | DK/Refuse | 0 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 178 | |||
Notes: Fourteen (14) percent of small employers (employing 5 to 250 people) who consulted a lawyer in the last year, have an on-going relationship with a lawyer, used a lawyer in the last three years to help settle a legal dispute, and settled the dispute out-of-court or through arbitration, indicate that insurance or an insurance company played an important role in the decision to pursue an out-of-court/arbitrated settlement (Q#8a1).
