Filed claims appear on a court docket and are subject to case management orders. Unfiled claims are held by plaintiff firms under tolling agreements or registration orders, preserving limitations without initiating litigation.
Unfiled inventories frequently exceed the filed docket.
Alternative Names:
Filed and Unfiled, Unfiled Inventory
Why it Matters?
Exposure assessment based only on the filed docket systematically understates the litigation, sometimes by a large multiple. That distortion affects reserving, settlement design, and any judgment about whether a global resolution is achievable, since a deal covering only filed claims leaves the unfiled inventory to be filed afterward. Census registries exist to make the unfiled population visible for that reason.
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Why do unfiled inventories matter?
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