Judge James E. Gritzner

Judge, S.D. IA

Republican Court: IASD Born: 1947-01-01

Cases in Database

10%

Settlement Rate

17%

Dismissal Rate

13%

Trial Rate

38,298

Court Cases (FJC)

Education

School	Degree	Year
University of Northern Iowa	M.A.	1974
Dakota Wesleyan University	B.A.	1969

Court	Position	Start	End
S.D. IA	Judge	2002	Active

How 38,298 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

10%

Settled

17%

Dismissed

13%

Went to Trial

$635,348

Avg Award

$32,000

Median Award

3,705

Judgment for Plaintiff

Case Type	Total	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Pretrial	Avg Award
Civil Rights	7,146	1%	43%	15%	0%	$659,000
Employment	2,755	26%	10%	19%	0%	$313,217
SSID Title XVI	2,233	2%	4%	5%	0%	$1,250
Motions to Vacate Sentence	2,036	0%	14%	3%	0%	—
General	1,914	0%	33%	10%	0%	—
Other Contract	1,878	22%	10%	17%	6%	$736,362
Other Civil Rights	1,705	15%	27%	18%	0%	$363,889
Foreclosure	1,040	3%	9%	23%	37%	$360,217
DIWC/DIWW (405(g))	1,034	0%	6%	18%	0%	$5,250
Asbestos	1,006	1%	2%	1%	0%	—
Other Personal Injury	860	32%	12%	17%	0%	$1,198,235
Other Statutory Actions	776	20%	14%	19%	3%	$1,147,000
Insurance	773	27%	7%	17%	1%	$915,611
Personal Injury - Product Liability	750	17%	8%	10%	0%	$1,726,944
Recovery of Student Loans	694	1%	2%	12%	65%	$413,967
Employee Retirement Income Security Act	649	24%	9%	19%	8%	$204,667
Motor Vehicle	488	31%	12%	12%	0%	$1,283,821
Federal Employers Liability	331	14%	21%	12%	0%	$208,250
Fair Labor Standards Act	316	48%	7%	14%	1%	$1,236,000
Consumer Credit	299	33%	10%	2%	1%	$102,625

Category	Filings	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Default	Median Duration
Landlord-Tenant	34,495	27.9%	31.2%	2.1%	33.4%	39d
Divorce/Family	22,613	51.3%	22.1%	4.9%	14.5%	294d
Contract	17,727	37.8%	24.1%	3.0%	28.7%	261d
Personal Injury	7,483	66.4%	18.4%	3.2%	5.2%	365d
Consumer Protection	4,024	33.5%	22.8%	2.4%	35.1%	185d
Workers' Comp	2,970	69.8%	12.4%	6.9%	3.2%	422d
Employment	2,347	62.9%	21.3%	4.6%	4.8%	399d
Wrongful Death	364	71.0%	14.8%	5.3%	3.1%	494d

Source: Iowa Administrative Office of the Courts