The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an orthopedic surgeon’s appeal seeking to reinstate an award in a defamation case that has been ongoing for more than two decades.

The justices granted allocatur Aug. 1 in Menkowitz v. Peerless Publications to address a single question: “Did the Superior Court disregard this court’s holding in Joseph III [Joseph v. The Scranton Times] by failing to apply the appropriate standards of causation and deference in vacating the judgment entered by the trial court awarding substantial compensatory and consequential damages to Elliot Menkowitz, M.D. for harm to reputation and loss of past and future earnings?”

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