Kitamura, Miguel (Masaru); Arai, Koki - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 13 (2022) 3, pp. 301-322
Abstract This study examined the reasons for the decline in the plaintiff win rate in medical lawsuits in Japan since … 1999. The results suggest that the decline in the plaintiff win rate is likely due to the overall shortening of trial … periods. In particular, if the trial period is shortened by one month, the plaintiff win rate decreases by 1.63%. After …