Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This Commentary illustrates how case outcomes and damages can be predicted through the use of simple averaging procedures. The process involves an estimation of probabilities of victory and damages likely to be awarded for each relevant factual matter, and then a calculation of an average estimate used to obtain an overall victory probability and probable damages, This Commentary applies the Policy/Goal Procedure (P/G%) decision-aiding software for attorneys, which was lauded by the Supreme Court in Ballew v. Georgia, through concrete examples.
First Page
369
Last Page
392
Publication Date
5-1-1989
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Nagel, Stuart S.
(1989)
"Generalizing from Facts in Predicting Court Cases,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 9:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
Suggested Citation
Stuart S. Nagel, Generalizing from Facts in Predicting Court Cases, 9 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 369 (1989).
