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UPenn Hospital seeking new trial, after jury's landmark $182.7M med-mal verdict

PHILADELPHIA – After a Philadelphia jury issued a $182.7 million medical malpractice verdict to a five-year-old boy born with cerebral palsy and his mother, the largest in state history, counsel for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania have filed a post-trial motion seeking to remit the verdict and call for a new trial.

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Philly jury hands down $182.7M med-mal verdict against UPenn Hospital, largest in Pa. history

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia jury has handed down the largest medical malpractice verdict in the history of Pennsylvania, in the form of a $182.7 million judgment to a five year-old boy born with cerebral palsy and his mother, against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

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