Serhan v. Besteder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
*13ANDERSON, Judge:
Appellant, Sandra Marie Serhan, plaintiff below, appeals from an Order of the lower court sitting en banc denying her motion for a new trial on the issue of damages only. Appellant argues that the trial court improperly refused to allow her to introduce her federal income tax returns as evidence of loss of past earnings and impairment of earning capacity, and that the court improperly refused to instruct the jury on those two items of damages.
We conclude that, as a matter of law, the plaintiff presented sufficient evidence of the nature of her injuries and the resultant…
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