Judge Mark W. Bennett

Judge, N.D. IA

Democrat Court: IAND Born: 1950-01-01

103

Cases in Database

13%

Settlement Rate

Dismissal Rate

29%

Trial Rate

25,167

Court Cases (FJC)

Education

School	Degree	Year
Gustavus Adolphus College	B.A.	1972

Court	Position	Start	End
N.D. IA	Judge	1994	Active

How 25,167 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

13%

Settled

Dismissed

29%

Went to Trial

$1,307,415

Avg Award

$101,500

Median Award

3,942

Judgment for Plaintiff

Case Type	Total	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Pretrial	Avg Award
Civil Rights	3,059	2%	10%	48%	0%	$452,111
DIWC/DIWW (405(g))	1,798	0%	2%	25%	0%	$2,730,237
Motions to Vacate Sentence	1,715	0%	6%	64%	0%	—
Employment	1,496	43%	8%	28%	0%	$537,230
SSID Title XVI	1,460	1%	2%	26%	0%	$2,706,000
Other Contract	1,455	28%	10%	26%	4%	$1,412,781
General	1,190	0%	12%	40%	0%	—
Other Civil Rights	947	23%	11%	38%	0%	$1,175,033
Foreclosure	803	6%	4%	47%	29%	$364,971
Personal Injury - Product Liability	539	33%	7%	10%	0%	$1,632,833
Recovery of Student Loans	520	2%	3%	21%	60%	$1,775,465
Other Personal Injury	497	41%	9%	22%	0%	$1,168,167
Other Statutory Actions	497	24%	10%	30%	2%	$853,133
Insurance	438	41%	6%	19%	1%	$821,591
Employee Retirement Income Security Act	419	26%	9%	29%	7%	$870,478
Other Personal Property Damage	375	11%	4%	7%	0%	$29,333
Motor Vehicle	345	48%	8%	14%	1%	$1,188,800
Prison Condition	309	5%	11%	55%	0%	$1,000
Bankruptcy Appeals	259	2%	24%	26%	0%	$25,000
Copyrights	160	25%	8%	34%	6%	$1,327,208

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

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