In a first-impression issue of how courts should treat partially defective jury verdicts, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that it is up to trial courts to determine whether damages awarded in error may be weeded out and retried separately, or whether the entire verdict must be sent back.

The high court’s 6-1 decision in Mader v. Duquesne Light declined to adopt a per se holding that would apply in all cases.

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