The Pennsylvania Bar Association and a number of the state’s lawyers have spoken out against a Superior Court ruling that quashed the appeal of an $18.5 million verdict for failure to first file post-trial motions, but so far none of those lawyers have been heard by anyone with the power to change the ruling.

The losing party is hoping that changes at the state’s Supreme Court, where it now seeks review of what it says is an issue of first impression that is “of vital importance to Pennsylvania appellate practice.”

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