Editor’s note: The data that served as the basis for this article and the accompanying charts is based on the largest verdicts and settlements as reported in The Legal.

A look back at Pennsylvania’s largest verdicts and settlements over the last 19 years reveals a trend of larger awards over the past three years. The data also shows an overall average of about $33 million since 1994 — when The Legal began tracking each year’s largest verdicts and settlements — thanks in part to a few billion-dollar-plus results.