In a bid to reduce a $25.9 million verdict against Temple University Hospital, Duane Morris partner Robert Byer argued Wednesday that the scale of the jury’s award was part of a larger problem.

Byer contended the award, which included $20 million in noneconomic damages, was far outside the realm of just compensation and an example of verdicts climbing higher in recent years.

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