The Colorado couple who owned a funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were discovered last year were ordered to pay $950m to the victims’ families – a largely symbolic victory for families of the deceased.

According to an email sent to victims by Leventhal Lewis, the firm that filed the lawsuit, it is the largest judgment in Colorado’s history.

The judgment is unlikely to be paid out, since the funeral home was long plagued by financial difficulties. However, Jon and Carie Hallford, who own the Return to Nature funeral home, still face criminal charges in a separate case.