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COWHER v. KODALI

No. 77 MAP 2021.

283 A.3d 794 (2022)

Karen COWHER, Administratrix of the Estate of James L. Cowher, II, Deceased, Appellant v. Sobhan KODALI, M.D., St. Luke's University Health Network and St. Luke's Cardiology Associates, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: September 29, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Samuel Senoff, Esq. , Andrew Samuel Youman, Esq. , Youman & Caputo, LLC, for Appellant.

Maureen Murphy McBride, Esq. , James C. Sargent Jr., Esq. , Lamb McErlane, PC, West Chester, PA, Laurie Beth Shannon, Esq. , Kilcoyne & Nesbitt, LLC, Mark R. Zolfaghari, Esq. , St. Luke's University Health Network, for Appellees.

Charles Lyman Becker, Esq. , Ruxandra Maniu Laidacker, Esq. , Kline & Specter, PC, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

John Jacob Hare, Esq. , Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, PC, for Amici Curiae The American Medical Association, The Pennsylvania Medical Society.

BAER, C.J., TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, JJ.

OPINION

The jury in this medical malpractice case awarded the plaintiff Karen Cowher a lump sum amount of damages under the Survival Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8302, and did not itemize the amount of pain and suffering damages or other components of its aggregate award. Thereafter, the Superior Court...

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