Legal Opinion
Helpin v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 21, 2010No. 36, 37, 48, and 49 EAP 2009PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*48 OPINION
Justice McCAFFERY.
This case originated as an employment dispute sounding in, inter alia, breach of contract. The issue before this Court is whether a damages award for lost future income derived from business profits should be discounted to present value.
The relevant facts are as follows. Mark L. Helpin, D.M.D., (“Dr. Helpin”) accepted a position in 1989 at the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, with primary responsibilities as the Director of Pediatric Dentistry at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”). In an offer letter to Dr. Helpin dated…
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