Liability
» Liability, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2002
If respondent has not been sued in a liability case in the last five years BUT has experienced at least one credible threat of a liability suit being filed against them.
Think of the last time you were threatened.
5d. How much has the threatened suit cost you out-of-pocket to this point?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | 53 | ||
| 2 | < $5,000 | 33 | ||
| 3 | $5,000 or more | 7 | ||
| 4 | DK/Refuse | 7 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 94 | |||
Notes: Fifty-three (53) percent of small employers (or their businesses) who have not experienced a liability suit in the last five years, but who have experienced a credible threat in that time, have had no out-of-pocket expenses resulting from the most recent threat (Q#5d).


