(a) The clerks of circuit courts and the clerks and masters of chancery courts shall report, on a monthly basis, to the administrative office of the courts on a form to be devised and distributed by the administrative office of the courts, the following data:
(1) The number of cases filed claiming money damages for personal injury or death;
(2) The number of such cases actually proceeding to trial; and
(3) For each such case actually proceeding to trial, the number of cases in which the plaintiff was awarded some money damages for personal injury or death, the amount of the verdict given in a jury case, the amount of judgment in a case without a jury, and any additur or remittitur awarded in the case by the trial judge.
(b) The presiding judge in each circuit shall verify the trial data reported to the administrative office of the courts.
(c) The administrative office of the courts shall compile such data and report the findings of the previous fiscal year, on or before February 1 of each year, to the chair of the senate judiciary committee, the chair of the judiciary committee of the house of representatives, and the attorney general and reporter. The report is a public document, available on request from the administrative office of the courts.
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