State Bar of Wisconsin

Vol. 72, No. 2, February 1999

Figuratively Speaking

Portion of American youths (under age 18) who can name the Three Stooges, according to Arizona State University Professor Marianne Jennings:

3 out of 4

Percentage who can name three members of the U.S. Supreme Court:

1

Source: Imprimis, Vol. 27, No. 8, August 1998

Percentage of all U.S. slip and fall accidents that occur because of failure to reasonably maintain or correct a defect upon a property:

70

Source: Trial, Vol. 34, No. 8, August 1998

Percentage of U.S. physicians who say that under current legal constraints there are circumstances in which they would consider hastening the death of a patient, according to a survey of 3,102 doctors:

11

Percentage of surveyed doctors who admit to having prescribed a fatal dose of medication:

3

Percentage who admitted to having given a lethal injection:

5

Source: Trial, Vol. 34, No. 7, July 1998

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