Analysis of FCHR Case Outcomes | By Demographics
Family Status of Plaintiff

Fact #1: For cases involving plaintiffs who have children, 6% have resulted in a victory.

• This is higher than the global average (3%)

Fact #2: For cases involving plaintiffs who have children, 44% have resulted in a loss.

• This is much higher than the global average (40%).

Fact #3: For cases involving plaintiffs who have children, 25% have resulted in an explicit settlement.

• This is equal to the global average (25%).

Takeaway #1: Familial status has a small impact on the outcome of a case. In other words, litigants-with-children face slightly better fates than litigants-without-children.

Note #1: the demographic characteristics for many litigants is unknown. Which is why the “all” row doesn’t quite measure up to the sum of the individual pieces (see tables [above]).

Note #2: no litigant has disclosed the fact that he/she does not have children. Moreover – and as can be seen from the table – only 108 litigants have disclosed the fact that they do [indeed] have children.

Additional: These numbers can be further analyzed by:

(a) case type;
(b) charge (eg, age, col, etc.);
(c) determination impact; (ie, 'cause' vs 'no cause')
(d) legal representation; (ie, 'with attorney' vs 'without attorney')
(e) retaliation impact (ie, 'with' vs 'without' [retaliation]); and
(f) year;