An attorney’s closing remarks about corporate greed during a personal injury case—deemed inflammatory by the trial court—were not enough to warrant a new trial, the state Superior Court has ruled.

On Dec. 26, the three-judge panel in Ferguson v. Morton ruled unanimously to overturn a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge’s decision to grant a new trial to defendants Derrick Morton and Philadelphia Cycle Center (PCC).

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