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Citation 1:
"Trial
Lawyers, Inc. revenues are assumed to be 19 percent of total
U.S. tort costs in 2003, both as defined by Tillinghast,
see U.S. TORT COSTS: 2003, TRENDS AND FINDINGS ON THE
COSTS OF THE U.S. TORT SYSTEM 17 (Tillinghast-Towers Perrin
2003); U.S. TORT COSTS: 2004 UPDATE, TRENDS AND FINDINGS ON
THE COSTS OF THE U.S. TORT SYSTEM 5 (Towers Perrin
[Tillinghast] 2005) [hereinafter U.S. TORT COSTS: 2004]." |
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Citation 2: The compound annual growth
rate of Trial Lawyers, Inc.'s revenues is calculated
from 2000–03 based on Tillinghast data, see id.
(showing U.S. tort costs of $245.7 billion in 2003
vs. $179.2 billion in 2000); in gross domestic
product from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, see
http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn/gdplev.xls
(last visited Mar. 3, 2005) (estimating U.S. GDP for
2000 and 2003 at 9,817 and 11,004, respectively); in
inflation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, from
2000 and 2003, see
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt
(last visited Mar. 3, 2005) (showing average CPI of
172.2 in 2000 and 184.0 in 2003); in the stock
market from Standard and Poor's (ending value of 500
Index on December 31, 2000 and 2003, at 1,320.28 and
1,111.916, respectively). |