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Judge Louis Heilprin Pollak

Judge, E.D. PA

Democrat Court: PAED Born: 1922-12-07
294
Cases in Database
64%
Settlement Rate
14%
Dismissal Rate
4%
Trial Rate
525,323
Court Cases (FJC)

Education

SchoolDegreeYear
Yale UniversityLL.B.1948
Harvard UniversityB.A.1943

Judicial Positions

CourtPositionStartEnd
E.D. PAJudge19782012

Disposition Patterns — PAED

How 525,323 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

64%
Settled
14%
Dismissed
4%
Went to Trial
$625,212
Avg Award
$47,000
Median Award
18,901
Judgment for Plaintiff
Case TypeTotalSettledDismissedTrialPretrialAvg Award
Asbestos203,69682%15%0%0%$175,000
Personal Injury - Product Liability64,00749%31%1%0%$833,631
Other Contract23,72953%10%11%8%$529,294
Other Civil Rights22,36965%10%11%0%$556,130
Employment18,98770%7%10%0%$320,766
General15,99774%13%0%0%$131,800
Civil Rights13,63664%7%8%0%$398,372
Other Personal Injury13,20960%6%7%0%$583,370
Insurance13,14857%8%11%2%$404,154
Motor Vehicle11,91867%6%5%0%$492,770
Other Statutory Actions11,67959%7%6%2%$625,107
Employee Retirement Income Security Act11,27744%7%14%15%$851,075
Prison Condition9,56943%14%4%0%$40,125
SSID Title XVI6,30718%12%11%0%$1,750
Federal Employers Liability5,85066%5%4%0%$689,338
Motions to Vacate Sentence5,22971%3%0%0%
Health Care/Pharmaceutical4,57426%6%3%0%
Consumer Credit4,42355%5%2%1%$28,791
Copyrights4,27535%8%5%4%$713,750
DIWC/DIWW (405(g))4,11915%12%12%0%$69,000

Pennsylvania State Court Analytics by Category

CategoryFilingsSettledDismissedTrialDefaultMedian Duration
Landlord-Tenant139,42128.5%31.2%2.1%33.4%42d
Contract71,64738.6%24.1%2.9%28.7%275d
Divorce/Family38,20053.4%20.8%4.1%15.5%320d
Personal Injury28,50068.2%19.5%3.4%5.2%395d
Consumer Protection16,26534.2%22.8%2.4%35.1%195d
Workers' Comp12,00571.2%12.4%6.8%3.2%445d
Employment9,48864.2%21.3%4.5%4.8%420d
Wrongful Death1,47172.5%14.8%5.2%3.1%520d

Source: Pennsylvania Administrative Office of the Courts

Financial Disclosures (92 holdings)

YearDescriptionValue Code
20102) Select Growth
20103) Small and Mid Cap Fund
20104) Emerging Markets
20106) Money Market
2010Center Point
2010National Penn Bank*
2010RUSSELL FUNDS: (1)Select Value-1
2010RUSSELL FUNDS: (1)Select Value
2010RUSSELL FUNDS: (1)Select Value
2010RUSSELL FUNDS: (1)Select Value
2010TIAA-CREF Annunity-1
2010WALNUT STREET
20093) Small and Mid Cap Fund
20094) Emerging Markets
20095) Intemational Development MarketsJ
20096) Money Market
2009Center Point
2009Citizens Bank
2009Fidelity Brokerage Services
2009MetLifeK
2009National Penn Bank*
2009RUSSELL FUNDS: (1)Select ValueJ
2009RUSSELL FUNDS: (1)Select Value
2009RUSSELL FUNDS: (1)Select Value
2009RUSSELL FUNDS: (1)Select Value
2009TIAA-CREF Annunity-1
2009WALNUT STREETJ
20072) Select GrowthK
20073) Special GrowthK
20075) International SecuritiesK
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