context: Here, the trial court found that the jury erred in concluding that the parties intended the employment con tract to last for fourteen years and, accordingly, halved the length of the contract and reduced the jury verdict from $407,000.00 to $204,000.00. In light of the above-cited principles of law, the. trial court's action in reducing the verdict was proper under the law relating to implied contracts.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 543 A.2d 1148, 1159
citation_a.parenthetical: upholding trial court's order of remittitur of excessive jury award
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Paul v. Lankenau Hosp., 375 Pa.Super. 1, 22, 543 A.2d 1148, 1159 (1988), rev’d on other grounds, 524 Pa. 90, 569 A.2d 346 (1990) (upholding trial court's order of remittitur of excessive jury award); see also Veno v. Meredith, supra 357 Pa.Super. at 102 n. 4, 515 A.2d at 580 n. 4 (“reasonable length of time” of implied contract of employment had passed where appellant employed for eight years before he was dismissed).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "reasonable length of time" of implied contract of employment had passed where appellant employed for eight years before he was dismissed
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Paul v. Lankenau Hosp., 375 Pa.Super. 1, 22, 543 A.2d 1148, 1159 (1988), rev’d on other grounds, 524 Pa. 90, 569 A.2d 346 (1990) (upholding trial court's order of remittitur of excessive jury award); see also Veno v. Meredith, supra 357 Pa.Super. at 102 n. 4, 515 A.2d at 580 n. 4 (“reasonable length of time” of implied contract of employment had passed where appellant employed for eight years before he was dismissed).