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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)