---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-114325"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UHS"
cik: "0000352915"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T15:51:41.709051+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UHS subsidiary's punitive damages reduced to $120M from $475M; appeal planned

## Summary
- Trial court ordered remittitur of punitive damages from $475M to $120M on Oct 10, 2024.
- Compensatory damages of $60M from March 2024 jury verdict for patient sexual assault unchanged.
- Plaintiff has 21 days to accept or refuse remittitur; Pavilion intends to appeal final judgment.
- Company warns final resolution could have material adverse effect on financials.
- Case relates to sexual assault of one minor patient by another at Pavilion Behavioral Health in 2020.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-114325
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UHS
- cik: 0000352915
- company_name: UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-11T23:59:59+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/352915/000095017024114325/0000950170-24-114325-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000095017024114325/uhs-20241010.htm

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