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