Interesting factoids about litigation in FY2011

Taken from Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly published February 13, 2012
Multiple Counts

• 456 - Number of jury verdicts in Superior Court civil cases in FY2011, lowest since 2007
• 578 - Number of criminal cases to go to trial in Superior Court in FY 2011, the lowest total since 2007
• 155,968 - Number of cases filed in Probate & Family Court in FY 2011, the lowest total since 2006
• 377,654 - Number of civil cases filed in all courts in FY2011, he lowest total since 2005
• 1,132,002 - Number of all cases filed in FY2011, the lowest total of the millennium