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Fiscal Year 2007 Statistics
Civil - Breakdown of Dispositions





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Fiscal Year 2007 Statistics
Civil Statistics
Breakdown of Dispositions -- Cases disposed by:
Settlement
Jury
Waived
Jury
Verdict
Other
TOTAL
Barnstable
431
119
17
264
831
Berkshire
191
35
20
169
415
Bristol
699
132
32
681
1,544
Dukes
34
13
2
22
71
Essex
977
558
60
1,078
2,673
Franklin
50
17
2
57
126
Hampden
622
154
27
428
1,231
Hampshire
174
29
6
97
306
Middlesex
1,965
397
108
2,268
4,738
Nantucket
9
6
0
23
38
Norfolk
1,117
541
80
912
2,650
Plymouth
671
138
41
661
1,511
Suffolk
2,277
584
73
2,432
5,366
Worcester
1,060
515
51
1,186
2,812
Superior Court
10,277
3,238
519*
10,278**
24,312



* This number does not include cases settled during trial prior to verdict, or cases which were mistried for any reason.

It may or may not include cases disposed by jury in which the court disposed of one or more claims upon dispositive or other motion, prior to verdict.

 

**The disposition category of “Other” includes the following: Assessment of damages, Mary Moe finding, judgment on motion to dismiss, motion for judgement on the pleadings, summary judgment, directed verdict, and jury waived verdict.

 



 

 
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