University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s victory in a medical malpractice lawsuit was short-lived as an appeals court ordered a new trial after finding that the jury selection process was tainted.

A three-judge Superior Court panel consisting of Judges Mary Jane Bowes, Judith Olson and Deborah A. Kunselman granted Mendy Trigg’s appeal of an Allegheny County jury’s verdict in favor of UPMC in which she argued that the selected jurors were biased.