Alerts10.5.22

Pennsylvania Expands Scope of General Verdict Rule

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Highlights

Defendants waived right to appeal because they did not request a special verdict form, Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules

Evidentiary challenge to the testimony was insufficient to preserve the issue for appeal

Following Standard Suggested Jury Instructions did not preserve issue for appeal under circumstances here


A general jury verdict that fails to itemize each component of damages may not be appealed by a losing party claiming error or defect on just one of those components, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled recently in Estate of Cowher v. Kodali, MD, et al. 

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