CrossClaims vs. CounterClaims

Nicolas Flammia, Melissa Fonseca, Emily French, Danielle Lemire

12/10/2018

Data

##      County                   DoNo        CaseType      FileDate  
##  BCDD   : 58   211-2015-CV-00001:  1   2      :113   42492  :  8  
##  Belknap:351   211-2015-CV-00003:  1   37     : 38   42060  :  7  
##                211-2015-CV-00004:  1   38     : 37   42510  :  6  
##                211-2015-CV-00012:  1   4      : 29   42138  :  5  
##                211-2015-CV-00013:  1   35     : 24   42620  :  5  
##                211-2015-CV-00014:  1   47     : 22   42639  :  5  
##                (Other)          :403   (Other):146   (Other):373  
##                                       PNames   
##  Discover Bank                           : 14  
##  Paugus Bay Plaza Condominium Association:  8  
##  Barcklay Bank Delaware                  :  7  
##  American Express Centurion Bank         :  6  
##  Concord Hospital                        :  6  
##  Bank of New Hampshire                   :  5  
##  (Other)                                 :363  
##                               DNames          ProSe    
##  Town of Gilford                 :  6   Both     : 23  
##  Barry K. Meyers; Brenda M. Stowe:  2   Defendant:131  
##  Barry Myers                     :  2   Neither  :216  
##  Brazilian Resources, Inc.       :  2   Plaintiff: 19  
##  City of Laconia                 :  2   Some DF  : 20  
##  LRG Healthcare                  :  2                  
##  (Other)                         :393                  
##                   PLaw                                PFirm    
##  9                  : 42   9                             : 42  
##  Robert L. O'Brien  : 24   Schlee & Stillman, LLC        : 24  
##  Michael J. Fontaine:  9   Welts, White, & Fontaine, P.C.: 16  
##  Benjamin R. Roberge:  8   Zwicker & Associates, P.C.    : 16  
##  Edward D. Philpot  :  8   Donais Law Offices, PLLC      :  8  
##  Harvey J. Garod    :  6   Martin, Lord, & Osman, P.A.   :  8  
##  (Other)            :312   (Other)                       :295  
##      EqReq         MonReq             LoC                        DLaw    
##         :  1   Min.   :      0   0      :332   9                   :156  
##  9      :  2   1st Qu.:      1   15     :  7   Joseph D. Becher    :  5  
##  No     : 55   Median :      1   3      :  6   Daniel J. Orroth    :  4  
##  Unknown:  4   Mean   :  11819   8      :  6   Gary M. Burt        :  4  
##  Yes    :346   3rd Qu.:   1670   10     :  6   Laura Spector-Morgan:  4  
##  NA's   :  1   Max.   :1118000   11     :  6   (Other)             :235  
##                                  (Other): 46   NA's                :  1  
##                                         DFirm    
##  9                                         :156  
##  Getman, Schulthess, Steere, & Poulin, P.A.: 11  
##  Mitchell Municipal Group, P.A.            :  8  
##  Primmer, Piper, Eggleston, & Cramer, P.C. :  8  
##  Wescott Law, P.A.                         :  8  
##  (Other)                                   :217  
##  NA's                                      :  1  
##                             X3d                         X3dLaw   
##  0                            :392   0                     :397  
##  Andrew Howe; Martina Howe    :  4   Ethan G. Wood         :  4  
##  Donald A. Kennedy            :  3   Donald A. Kennedy     :  3  
##  Angela Pearl                 :  2   David W. Johnston     :  1  
##  Belknap County Superior Court:  1   Frank P. Spinella, Jr.:  1  
##  Brenda Stowe                 :  1   Gregg M. Charest      :  1  
##  (Other)                      :  6   (Other)               :  2  
##                             X3dFirm    CtrCl   CrsCl  
##  0                              :397   0:369   0:404  
##  Patrick Wood Law Office, PLLC  :  4   1: 39   1:  4  
##  Law Office of Donald A. Kennedy:  2   2:  1   2:  1  
##  Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.:  1                  
##  Frasca & Frasca Law Offices    :  1                  
##  Law Office of Gregg M. Charest :  1                  
##  (Other)                        :  3                  
##                   Rec     
##  Ignatius           :  4  
##  MacLeod; Borenstein:  1  
##  Na                 :  1  
##  O'Neill            :  5  
##  NA's               :398  
##                           
##                           
##                                                                                                  Rem     
##  HRC                                                                                               :  1  
##  Made the appeal and then withdrew, so NA (thought you'd like to know\x85 the guy sued NH and won!):  1  
##  Removed                                                                                           : 13  
##  Transfer                                                                                          :  4  
##  Transferred                                                                                       :  2  
##  NA's                                                                                              :388  
##                                                                                                          
##                 Judge                                    OthMot   
##  O'Neill           :260   None                              :125  
##  McNamara          : 32   Motion for Entry of Final Judgment: 24  
##  O'Neill; Fauver   :  5   Motion for Voluntary Nonsuit      : 16  
##  Anderson; McNamara:  4   Assented to Motion to Continue    : 10  
##  Colburn; McNamara :  4   Motion to Strike                  :  6  
##  (Other)           : 52   Motion for Entry of Final Decree  :  5  
##  NA's              : 52   (Other)                           :223  
##   MTime       MTA           MTD        DSJ       PSJ         DMIL    
##  0   :284   0   :353   0      :342   0   :378   0  :384   0    :400  
##  1   : 18   1   : 51   1      : 22   1   :  4   1  : 13   1; 10:  1  
##  1; 2:  5   2   :  4   3      : 16   10  : 17   1;3:  1   1; 3 :  1  
##  1;2 :  1   NA's:  1   10     : 11   2   :  1   10 :  4   10   :  4  
##  2   :101              2      :  6   2; 4:  1   3  :  6   2; 4 :  1  
##                        1; 3   :  5   3   :  7   6  :  1   3; 10:  1  
##                        (Other):  7   4   :  1             4    :  1  
##  PMIL     Stp       Arb      TrialType      DISP         JMent    
##  0 :403   0:236   No  : 66   0: 14     3      :184   1      : 93  
##  6 :  1   1:131   Yes : 55   1:  1     8      : 74   2      : 64  
##  10:  5   2: 42   NA's:288   2:  4     7      : 42   9      : 15  
##                              8:  1     1      : 38   0      :  3  
##                              9:389     6      : 37   1; NA  :  1  
##                                        (Other): 33   (Other):  2  
##                                        NA's   :  1   NA's   :231  
##    NOJ          Award             Eq         TermDate   Enforce   
##  0   :260   Min.   :      0   0    : 73   Open   : 19   0   :377  
##  1   : 73   1st Qu.:      0   1    :  3   42093  :  5   1   : 11  
##  1; 0:  1   Median :      1   2    :  2   42263  :  5   1; 2:  3  
##  2   :  3   Mean   :  11170   3    :  6   42619  :  5   1; 3:  1  
##  3   :  8   3rd Qu.:      1   9    :324   42579  :  4   2   :  4  
##  9   : 62   Max.   :1700000   34000:  1   (Other):370   3   : 13  
##  NA's:  2                                 NA's   :  1
## 'data.frame':    409 obs. of  40 variables:
##  $ County   : Factor w/ 2 levels "BCDD","Belknap": 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
##  $ DoNo     : Factor w/ 409 levels "211-2015-CV-00001",..: 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 ...
##  $ CaseType : Factor w/ 41 levels "1","10","10; 26",..: 9 13 28 28 22 11 11 11 11 11 ...
##  $ FileDate : Factor w/ 269 levels "2015-07031","41073",..: 133 133 134 134 135 136 136 137 138 138 ...
##  $ PNames   : Factor w/ 344 levels "A.O. Phaneuf & Son Funeral Home and Crematorium, Inc.; Cremation Society of New Hampshire, Inc.; Arthur Phaneuf",..: 21 236 259 259 15 71 72 157 207 12 ...
##  $ DNames   : Factor w/ 398 levels "223 D.W. Highway, LLC",..: 347 374 208 239 123 358 149 285 1 66 ...
##  $ ProSe    : Factor w/ 5 levels "Both","Defendant",..: 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 ...
##  $ PLaw     : Factor w/ 228 levels "9","A. Gerard O'Neil, Jr.",..: 209 118 16 16 84 151 151 62 202 190 ...
##  $ PFirm    : Factor w/ 171 levels "9","Abrahamsen Ratchford, P.C.",..: 156 94 45 45 121 168 168 123 83 136 ...
##  $ EqReq    : Factor w/ 5 levels "","9","No","Unknown",..: 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 ...
##  $ MonReq   : num  1 1 1436 2159 4928 ...
##  $ LoC      : Factor w/ 25 levels "0","2","3","4",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ DLaw     : Factor w/ 212 levels "9","Allison M. Ambrose",..: 107 110 1 1 1 172 1 156 1 1 ...
##  $ DFirm    : Factor w/ 162 levels "9","Azarian Law Office, PLLC",..: 132 99 1 1 1 81 1 148 1 1 ...
##  $ X3d      : Factor w/ 12 levels "0","Andrew Howe; Martina Howe",..: 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ X3dLaw   : Factor w/ 8 levels "0","David W. Johnston",..: 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ X3dFirm  : Factor w/ 9 levels "0","Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.",..: 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ CtrCl    : Factor w/ 3 levels "0","1","2": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ CrsCl    : Factor w/ 3 levels "0","1","2": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ Rec      : Factor w/ 4 levels "Ignatius","MacLeod; Borenstein",..: NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ Rem      : Factor w/ 5 levels "HRC","Made the appeal and then withdrew, so NA (thought you'd like to know\x85 the guy sued NH and won!)",..: NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ Judge    : Factor w/ 37 levels "Abramson; Brown; McNamara",..: NA 26 NA 26 26 26 36 26 26 NA ...
##  $ OthMot   : Factor w/ 216 levels "Assented Motion to Continue",..: 216 172 216 216 13 43 44 139 216 216 ...
##  $ MTime    : Factor w/ 5 levels "0","1","1; 2",..: 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 ...
##  $ MTA      : Factor w/ 3 levels "0","1","2": 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 ...
##  $ MTD      : Factor w/ 11 levels "0","1","1; 3",..: 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 ...
##  $ DSJ      : Factor w/ 7 levels "0","1","10","2",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ PSJ      : Factor w/ 6 levels "0","1","1;3",..: 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ DMIL     : Factor w/ 7 levels "0","1; 10","1; 3",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ PMIL     : Factor w/ 3 levels "0","6","10": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ Stp      : Factor w/ 3 levels "0","1","2": 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
##  $ Arb      : Factor w/ 2 levels "No","Yes": NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ TrialType: Factor w/ 5 levels "0","1","2","8",..: 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 ...
##  $ DISP     : Factor w/ 12 levels "1","10","2","2; 3",..: 5 1 10 10 1 2 9 1 10 10 ...
##  $ JMent    : Factor w/ 7 levels "0","1","1; NA",..: NA 4 NA NA NA NA 2 4 NA NA ...
##  $ NOJ      : Factor w/ 6 levels "0","1","1; 0",..: 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 6 6 6 ...
##  $ Award    : num  1 0 0 0 0 0 34000 0 0 0 ...
##  $ Eq       : Factor w/ 6 levels "0","1","2","3",..: 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 ...
##  $ TermDate : Factor w/ 296 levels "41186","41402",..: 122 122 103 111 138 296 296 151 130 105 ...
##  $ Enforce  : Factor w/ 6 levels "0","1","1; 2",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 ...

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## # A tibble: 6 x 3
##   CtrCl CrsCl     n
##   <fct> <fct> <int>
## 1 0     0       365
## 2 0     1         3
## 3 0     2         1
## 4 1     0        38
## 5 1     1         1
## 6 2     0         1

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Results

-We found that when looking at these numbers, it is plain to see not many Cross or Counter claims happen within casses. -When they do occur it can happen multiple times within the same trial, can be due to how big the trial is.