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2003

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

Journal

University of Missouri School of Law

Case management

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Evaluation Of The Effect Of Court-Ordered Mediation And Proactive Case Management On The Pace Of Civil Tort Litigation In Lake County, Indiana, An, Jeffrey J. Dywan Jan 2003

Evaluation Of The Effect Of Court-Ordered Mediation And Proactive Case Management On The Pace Of Civil Tort Litigation In Lake County, Indiana, An, Jeffrey J. Dywan

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This author conducted a survey of mediators working with the courts in Lake County, Indiana in 1993-1994. At that time, thirty-four civil mediators were listed with the court administrator's office. The mediators were asked to track mediation cases for six months and to record the number of cases that had been referred to them for mediation, the number of cases actually mediated, the number settled, and the time to settlement after the referral to mediation