describe_dataset
Describe the dataset
Start here. What the dataset covers (Connecticut Superior Court motor vehicle personal injury cases, Hartford Judicial District) and how current it is, every field, every stats metric and dimension, caveats, and example calls for each tool.
Parameterspurpose
List auto-injury cases matching filters, in docket-number order, up to 50 per page. Use get_case for one case in full and stats for counts, rates and amounts across many.
Parameterslimitcursorpurposedistrictfiled_tocase_typejudge_keyfiled_fromtrial_kindlitigation_typefirm_juris_numberdisposition_category
One case: dates, disposition, trial, verdict and offer amounts, its motion rulings, and the judges, attorneys and law firms by side.
Parameterspurposedocket_numberrequired
Compute one metric over cases (or motion rulings), optionally broken down by up to two dimensions and narrowed by filters. describe_dataset lists every metric and dimension and which unit each applies to. Groups of three or fewer cases are suppressed. At most 100 groups, largest first.
Parametersmetricrequiredum_uimpurposedistrictfiled_togroup_bycase_typejudge_keymechanismroad_typefiled_fromtrial_kind+9 more
search_judges
Search judges
List judges by name and district, with case counts, most cases first. get_judge gives one judge in full.
Parametersnamelimitcursorpurposedistrict
One judge: how the cases they decided ended (closures in the last ~11 months), motion grant rates by motion family, and trial and verdict figures.
Parameterspurposejudge_keyrequired
search_firms
Search law firms
List law firms by name, side, district and size, most cases first. get_firm gives one firm in full.
Parametersnamesidelimitcursorpurposedistrictmin_cases
One law firm: its attorneys, the firms it most often faces, the medical experts named for its side, its motion practice, and how its cases ended. A firm's case counts (cases, plaintiffCases, defenseCases) cover every case it appeared in. Its other figures (casesByYear, opposing firms, experts, motion practice, outcomes), the stats plaintiff_firm and defense_firm dimensions and the firm_juris_number filter cover only the cases where it is a side's lead firm, so one firm's case total can differ slightly from place to place.
Parameterspurposejuris_numberrequired
search_attorneys
Search attorneys
List attorneys by name, firm, side and district, most cases first. get_attorney gives one attorney in full.
Parametersnamesidelimitcursorpurposedistrictfirm_juris_number
get_attorney
Attorney profile
One attorney: their firms, the firms they most often face, the medical experts named for their side, their motion practice, and how their cases ended. An attorney's figures span every firm the attorney has filed with, not only their current firm.
Parameterspurposejuris_numberrequired
search_providers
Search medical providers
List medical providers named in expert disclosures, by type, specialty, side (treating or defense examiner), town and size, most cases first. get_provider gives one provider in full.
Parametersnamesidetowntypelimitcursorpurposemin_casesspecialty
get_provider
Medical provider profile
One medical provider: the law firms that named them, their case list, how those cases ended, and, for defense examiners, the kinds of findings they disputed and on which body regions (counts only).
Parameterspurposeprovider_idrequired
Tell us about data this dataset does not have but you need: other courts or states, case types, fields, documents. Logged and read by the people who build the dataset.
Parameterspurposedescriptionrequired
send_message
Send a message
Send a message to the person who runs this service: feedback, a question, a problem with the data, or interest in paid features, broader coverage or higher limits. Include the user's name or email only with their explicit permission.
Parametersnameemailmessagerequiredpurpose