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Judge James McGirr Kelly

Judge, E.D. PA

Republican Court: PAED Born: 1928-03-24
88
Cases in Database
64%
Settlement Rate
14%
Dismissal Rate
4%
Trial Rate
525,381
Court Cases (FJC)

Judicial Positions

CourtPositionStartEnd
E.D. PAJudge19832005

Disposition Patterns — PAED

How 525,381 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

64%
Settled
14%
Dismissed
4%
Went to Trial
$625,110
Avg Award
$47,000
Median Award
18,903
Judgment for Plaintiff
Case TypeTotalSettledDismissedTrialPretrialAvg Award
Asbestos203,69682%15%0%0%$175,000
Personal Injury - Product Liability64,01049%31%1%0%$833,631
Other Contract23,73553%10%11%8%$529,294
Other Civil Rights22,37665%10%11%0%$556,130
Employment18,99070%7%10%0%$320,766
General15,99774%13%0%0%$131,800
Civil Rights13,63664%7%8%0%$398,372
Other Personal Injury13,22060%6%7%0%$583,370
Insurance13,14957%8%11%2%$404,154
Motor Vehicle11,91867%6%5%0%$492,770
Other Statutory Actions11,68159%7%6%2%$622,246
Employee Retirement Income Security Act11,27744%7%14%15%$851,075
Prison Condition9,57243%14%4%0%$40,125
SSID Title XVI6,30718%12%11%0%$1,750
Federal Employers Liability5,85066%5%4%0%$689,338
Motions to Vacate Sentence5,22971%3%0%0%—
Health Care/Pharmaceutical4,57426%6%3%0%—
Consumer Credit4,42355%5%2%1%$28,791
Copyrights4,27535%8%5%4%$713,750
DIWC/DIWW (405(g))4,11915%12%12%0%$69,000

Pennsylvania State Court Analytics by Category

CategoryFilingsSettledDismissedTrialDefaultMedian Duration
Landlord-Tenant139,42128.5%31.2%2.1%33.4%42d
Contract71,64738.6%24.1%2.9%28.7%275d
Divorce/Family38,20053.4%20.8%4.1%15.5%320d
Personal Injury28,50068.2%19.5%3.4%5.2%395d
Consumer Protection16,26534.2%22.8%2.4%35.1%195d
Workers' Comp12,00571.2%12.4%6.8%3.2%445d
Employment9,48864.2%21.3%4.5%4.8%420d
Wrongful Death1,47172.5%14.8%5.2%3.1%520d

Source: Pennsylvania Administrative Office of the Courts

Financial Disclosures (90 holdings)

YearDescriptionValue Code
2003ABN AMRO Cap. Trust PFDK
2003AFC Enterprises Inc. common stock
2003AFC Enterprises common stock
2003ARA Aramark common stockJ
2003Alliance Cap. Mgmt. Hidg. LPJ
2003Alliance/Bemstein Premier Growth FD - Roth IRAK
2003Alwar Nanotechnologies IncJ
2003American Water Works common stock
2003Amerigas Partners LPK
2003Amgen, Inc. common stockK
2003Apartment Investment & Management common stockJ
2003Bank of America Bond (2/15/09)J
2003Barrick Gold Corp.J
2003Beneficial Savings Bank - 1st Federal Stock Trust - IRAL
2003Beneficial Savings Bank - CD - IRAL
2003Butler PA Bond (1/1/04)J
2003Cadbury Schweppes Delaware LP
2003Centerpoint Energy commonJ
2003Cisco Systems, Inc. common stockK
2003Citizens Bank checking accountK
2003Citizens Bank savings accountK
2003Citizens Bank savings account
2003CiuBank bank account (Smith Bamey bank deposit program)J
2003Daimler Chrysler common stockJ
2003Delaware Foundation Income FD CL A-Simple PlanJ
2003Delaware High Yield Opp. FD CL A-Simple Plan
2003Dow Chemical common stockJ
2003Du Pont E I De Nemours commonJ
2003Elan Corp PLCJ
2003Electronic Data Sys. PFDJ
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