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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-038889"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UHS"
cik: "0000352915"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T05:00:50.014728+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UHS subsidiary hit with $535M jury verdict in patient sexual assault case

## Summary
- Pavilion Behavioral Health System found liable for sexual assault of minor patient by another minor patient in 2020.
- Jury awarded $60M compensatory and $475M punitive damages on March 28, 2024.
- Company calls verdict unexpected and unprecedented for a single-plaintiff injury case in Champaign County, IL.
- Pavilion intends to challenge verdict in post-trial proceedings and appeal; no assurances on final outcome.
- Professional liability insurance covers a portion; final resolution may materially adversely affect UHS.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-038889
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UHS
- cik: 0000352915
- company_name: UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024038889/0000950170-24-038889-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024038889/uhs-20240328.htm

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