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Article: Is Cook County becoming less litigious? Here's a look at some of the numbers.(Neighbor)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- August 9, 2002
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Byline: Dave Orrick
Before you start cursing lawyers every time you hear about another lawsuit being filed, consider this:
As the population of Cook County keeps growing, the number of new cases filed each year in county courts keeps going down.
And before you assume that the long line in traffic court is the result of too many tickets and not enough judges in an increasingly overburdened court system, consider this:
The average caseload of judges keeps going down as well - despite the number of judges staying about the same.
Those two surprising trends are evident in the Annual Report of the Illinois Courts, compiled and ...