Pennsylvania High Court Reverses Grant Of New Trial In Nursing Home Negligence Case

Mealey's (July 24, 2020, 11:11 AM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A trial court may use its sua sponte authority to grant a new trial "only where 'exceedingly clear error' results in 'manifest injustice' of a constitutional or structural nature," a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled July 21, reversing an intermediate court's decision affirming the grant of a new trial in a nursing home negligence case (James Temple v. Providence Care Ctr., No. 21 WAP 2019, Pa. Sup., 2020 Pa. LEXIS 3841)....