Judge Sarah S. Vance

Judge, E.D. LA

Democrat Court: LAED Born: 1950-01-01

Cases in Database

42%

Settlement Rate

Dismissal Rate

15%

Trial Rate

216,250

Court Cases (FJC)

Education

School	Degree	Year
Tulane University of Louisiana	J.D.	1978
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	B.A.	1971

Court	Position	Start	End
E.D. LA	Judge	1994	Active

How 216,250 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

42%

Settled

Dismissed

15%

Went to Trial

$328,735

Avg Award

$55,000

Median Award

7,664

Judgment for Plaintiff

Case Type	Total	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Pretrial	Avg Award
Health Care/Pharmaceutical	47,631	39%	7%	0%	0%	—
Insurance	21,318	61%	4%	8%	0%	$422,794
Personal Injury - Product Liability	17,855	54%	15%	3%	0%	$321,170
Marine	17,003	70%	3%	11%	0%	$411,115
Other Personal Injury	14,187	31%	8%	10%	0%	$257,319
Civil Rights	9,766	20%	4%	59%	0%	$7,343
General	8,126	3%	6%	64%	0%	$6,000
Other Contract	6,827	44%	5%	19%	4%	$420,165
Motor Vehicle	6,343	66%	3%	7%	0%	$190,671
Marine	6,301	54%	5%	14%	5%	$401,998
Employment	5,564	47%	3%	32%	0%	$250,371
Other Civil Rights	5,438	36%	9%	34%	0%	$268,887
Environmental Matters	4,705	62%	18%	2%	0%	$367,333
Other Personal Property Damage	4,488	48%	15%	10%	1%	$695,436
Other Statutory Actions	4,451	30%	23%	15%	2%	$424,135
Prison Condition	2,908	8%	7%	56%	0%	$470,000
Employee Retirement Income Security Act	2,257	53%	2%	19%	2%	$292,918
Motions to Vacate Sentence	1,829	10%	5%	69%	0%	$12,000
SSID Title XVI	1,598	2%	2%	42%	0%	—
Asbestos	1,574	50%	0%	2%	0%	$197,200

Category	Filings	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Default	Median Duration
Landlord-Tenant	49,197	28.5%	31.2%	2.1%	33.4%	42d
Contract	25,281	38.6%	24.1%	2.9%	28.7%	275d
Divorce/Family	15,800	48.2%	24.5%	5.5%	16.2%	275d
Personal Injury	9,500	65.8%	20.2%	3.8%	5.2%	395d
Consumer Protection	5,739	34.2%	22.8%	2.4%	35.1%	195d
Workers' Comp	4,236	71.2%	12.4%	6.8%	3.2%	445d
Employment	3,348	64.2%	21.3%	4.5%	4.8%	420d
Wrongful Death	519	72.5%	14.8%	5.2%	3.1%	520d

Source: Louisiana Administrative Office of the Courts

Year	Description	Value Code
2019	Bank of America, NA Rasp / Cash	J
2019	Bank of America, NA Rasp / Cash	K
2019	Blackrock Liquidity Fund (TSTXX)	K
2019	Blackrock Liquidity Fund (TSTXX)	K
2019	Blackrock Liquidity Fund (TSTXX)
2019	Blackrock Liquidity Fund (TSTXX)	K
2019	Blackrock Liquidity Fund (TSTXX)	J
2019	Cash Management Account, Merrill Lynch (H):
2019	Checking and Money Market Accounts, J.P. Morgan	M
2019	Conestoga Small Cap IS (CCALX)	M
2019	Fidelity Cash Reserves (FDRXX)	J
2019	Fidelity Emerging Markets (FKEMX)	M
2019	Fidelity Growth Company K (FGCKX)	O
2019	Fidelity Investments Money Market Gov't Portfolio - Class I (FIGXX)	J
2019	Fidelity US Bond Index (FXNAX)	M
2019	Goldman Sachs Small Value Int (GSSIX)	N
2019	IRA #3, Merrill Lynch New Orleans (H):
2019	IRRA #2, Rollover Merrill Lynch (H):
2019	Invesco Diversified Income Fund (DDFIX)	O
2019	Invesco Emerging Markets (PCY)	J
2019	Invesco Emerging Markets (PCY)	J
2019	Invesco Emerging Markets (PCY)
2019	Invesco Emerging Markets (PCY)	J
2019	Invesco Emerging Markets (PCY)
2019	Invesco Emerging Markets (PCY)
2019	Invesco Emerging Markets (PCY)	J
2019	Invesco Emerging Markets (PCY)
2019	Invesco Preferred ETF (PGX)	J
2019	Invesco Preferred ETF (PGX)	J
2019	Invesco Preferred ETF (PGX)