The Pennsylvania Superior Court has tossed as excessive a $27.6 million compensatory award to a woman who needed four knee surgeries after taping a promotional video to show the success of her initial knee-replacement procedure.
A divided en banc panel of the Superior Court on Monday granted the defendants’ motion for remittitur in Polett v. Public Communications. The ruling reversed a decision from a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge who denied a motion from defendants Public Communications and orthopedic medical device manufacturer Zimmer that sought a reduction of the $27.6 million awarded to Margo and Daniel Polett.
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