The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has once again affirmed that it’s the defendant’s responsibility to request a breakdown of damages on a verdict sheet—or risk waiving the right to a new trial.

In Shiflett v. Lehigh Valley Health Network, the high court ruled 6-1 to overturn the Superior Court’s grant of a new damages trial to defendants Lehigh Valley Health Network and Lehigh Valley Hospital in a lawsuit over knee injuries allegedly suffered when a patient fell from bed while recovering from knee surgery in the hospital’s postsurgical unit (PSU).

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