Case Categories

We use the variable CSTYPEA to classify the case.

Here are the related codes and coding instructions:

CSTYPEA FIRST CASE TYPE 6 7 F2
1 AUTO TORT 
2 DANGR PROP 
3 PROD LIABILITY 
6 INTENT TORT 
7 MEDICAL MALPRACTICE 
8 PROF MALPRACTICE 
9 SLAND/LIBEL 
10 TOXIC SUBSTANCE 
15 UNKNOWN TORT 
19 OTHER TORT 
20 CONTRACT FRAUD 
21 CONTRACT FRAUD: SELLER PLAINTIFF 
22 CONTRACT FRAUD: BUYER PLAINTIFF 
23 MORTGAGE FORCLOSURE 
24 EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT 
25 LEASE 
29 OTHER CONTRACT/COMR 
31 EMINENT DOMAIN 
32 REAL PROPERTY TITLE DISPUTE 
39 OTHER REAL PROPERTY 
99 M DON'T KNOW

CIVIL TRIAL COURT NETWORK PROJECT--CIVIL CASE TYPE CODES 
(Codes for Item # 3 on Case Coding Form)
TORT - Cases involving personal injury or property damage
1 Motor vehicle accident
2 Dangerous premises (e.g., slip & fall; unsafe premises)
3 Defective product /equipment (e.g., breast implant; Dalkon shield; defective car brakes)
4 [initially ‘Emotional Distress,’ but this was deemed a type of injury rather than a case type,
so it was dropped as a case type early in the process]
5 [recoded to ‘20’]
6 Intentional act (assault & battery; vandalism)
7 Malpractice - Medical
8 Malpractice - Nonmedical professional
9 Slander, libel, or defamation
10 Toxic substance / chemical (e.g., asbestos)
19 Other negligent act [WRITE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON THE CODING FORM]
CONTRACTS
20 Fraud/ Misrepresentation
21 SELLER plaintiff (involving goods or services) [any debt collection except #23- 25]
22 BUYER plaintiff (involving goods or services)
23 Mortgage foreclosure
24 Employment
25 Rental / lease agreements 29 Other Contract (e.g., partner disputes) [WRITE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON THE
CODING FORM]
REAL PROPERTY
31 Eminent domain / condemnation
32 Title dispute
39 Other real property issue [WRITE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON THE CODING FORM]
40 OTHER CIVIL (if other civil, write the type of case in the space provided under item # 3-A)
(the study is intended to examine only tort, contract and real property cases)