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Figures you can quote, with the source attached
Settlement Insight aggregates public US settlement, claim and enforcement records. Everything below is drawn from government data, free to cite, and published as open datasets with permanent DOIs. We are not a law firm and do not represent claimants.
Key figures
Each figure is generated from the same dataset that powers the linked study, so this page cannot drift out of sync with our research. Please cite the study or its DOI, not this page.
53.2M+
public legal and settlement records aggregated
Source: 30 US government sources · ongoing · see the study
$224B
in payouts covered by those records
Source: cross-source aggregate, duplicates removed · ongoing · see the study
529,804
medical malpractice payments analysed
Source: National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) · 2000–2025 · see the study
$97,500
median malpractice payment — the average is $257,531
Source: NPDB · 2000–2025 · see the study
$136.4B
total paid in those malpractice cases
Source: NPDB · 2000–2025 · see the study
34.4%
higher average payouts in states WITHOUT damage caps ($291,519) than in states with them ($216,979)
Source: NPDB, grouped by state cap status · 2000–2025 · see the study
24 of 51
US jurisdictions cap damages in malpractice cases
Source: state statutes, reviewed against primary sources · 2026 · see the study
1.5%
of federal civil cases reach trial — the rest settle or are dismissed
Source: Federal Judicial Center, 10.76M case terminations · 1988–2025 · see the study
$4.79B
in back wages recovered from wage-theft enforcement
Source: US Department of Labor, 367,893 cases · through 2026 · see the study
$110,000
median EEOC discrimination settlement across 2,386 announced resolutions
Source: EEOC press releases · since 1990 · see the study
How to cite us
For a figure that must not change after publication, cite the dataset DOI rather than a page — pages get updated, DOIs do not.
In an article
Source: Settlement Insight analysis of 30 US government data sources (settlementinsight.com/research)
In a paper
Goldberg, L. (2026). [Dataset title] [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/[DOI from the study page]
Every study page carries its own APA and BibTeX block, the DOI, and the aggregated CSVs under CC BY 4.0. Browse all studies →
Contact
Questions about a figure, a methodology detail, or a custom cut of the data:
press@settlementinsight.comEmail is the way to reach us — we handle press enquiries in writing so that every figure we give you is one you can check.
What we are not
- Not a law firm. We give no legal advice and represent no claimants.
- Not a case source. Our figures are aggregates of public records, never individual case files.
- Not the last word. Where a dataset has known limits, the study page states them — please read that section before quoting a number.
Methodology and cleaning steps: how we build these figures →