Although he was awarded nearly $64,000 by a Philadelphia jury, the plaintiff in a slip-and-fall case against hotel chain Marriott was prejudiced by his inability to submit testimony by a medical expert and is entitled to a new trial on damages, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.

In Wright v. Residence Inn by Marriott, a three-judge panel of the appeals court reversed a Philadelphia judge’s ruling denying a new trial to plaintiff Bryan Wright.