Chart: TRANSPOSED—Plaintiffs are awarded significantly less money when they are forced to settle with mandatory arbitration rather than court

Economic Snapshot

	Federal court	Mandatory arbitration
Median damages	$176,426	$36,500
Mean damages	$143,497	$23,548

Mean damages include cases in which $0 was awarded.

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