Kashner v. Geisinger Clinic

HOFFMAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the December 28,1992 order denying appellants’ Motion for Additur and/or a New Trial on Damages. Appellants, Barbara and George Kashner, present the following questions for our review:

A. Did the Trial Judge err by refusing to permit the jury to consider medical bills in the amount of $241,089.31 incurred by Plaintiff Barbara Kashner because those bills had been “paid” by a separate, although related, corporate entity?

B. Did this action violate the “Collateral Source Rule”?

Appellants’ Brief at 3. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand.

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