Ruling that liability could not be “fairly determined” after attorneys made comments on race and other comments on the size and wealth of cable giant Comcast Corp., the state Superior Court has granted Comcast a new trial on both liability and damages in an automobile collision case.

A Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge had initially granted Comcast a new trial solely on the $350,000 jury award in the underlying case, in which a Comcast van driven by Richard A. Schulgen collided with a bus operated by Latin Express, on which plaintiff Olga Mirabel was riding.

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