There were 18 jury verdicts and judicial awards of more than $1 million in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in the first three quarters of 2013, according to the First Judicial District’s civil trial division statistics, a number that exceeds the number for all of 2012.
By comparison, the total number of jury verdicts and judicial awards over $1 million in 2012 was 15. Despite there being more large verdicts so far in 2013, the highest amount awarded this year, $20 million, was roughly 74 percent less than the highest amount awarded in 2012, which was $78 million.
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