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Jacqueline King · Sunday, January 23rd 2011 at 9:02AM · 462 views
Quick Legal Facts
 
More than half of all households have a legal situation right now – Legal Needs and Civil Justice (American Bar Association)
 
Americans are more than twice as likely to end up in court as in the hospital during the next twelve months -  Statistics from  Examining the Work of State Courts, 2002 Hospital Statistics, American Hospital Association, 2002 Edition
 
Lawyers charge on average between $178-$265 per hour – Survey of Law Firm Economics: National Individual Status Codes, Altman Weil Publications, Inc, 2002
 
There are nearly 93 million new court cases field each year in our nation’s state courts. – Examining the Work of State Courts, 2002
 
Research has shown employees with legal or financial problems are five times more likely than average to be absent – Benefits Selling – October 2004
 
The number of reported cases of identity theft overall grew from 40,000 to 300,000 in just three years, a 650 percent increase – Federal Trade Commission, 2005 October 2004
 
Jacqueline R. King
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Prepaid Legal Services, Inc
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