A $1 billion award for Lennar Corp. this month could end up among the largest jury verdicts so far this year.

The verdict, awarded on Dec. 2 in Miami-Dade County, Fla., Circuit Court, came in a case against California real estate developer Nicolas Marsch III and his company, Briarwood Capital LLC. The jury, which determined only monetary damages, awarded $802 million in compensatory and $100 million each in punitive damages against Marsch and Briarwood Capital.