Judge to decide next week if AG Shapiro can block looming UPMC-Highmark split

Western Pennsylvanians should know by next Friday whether Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s legal fight to block the June 30 split of health care giants UPMC and Highmark can go on.

After last week’s split decision by the state Supreme Court, UPMC and Shapiro’s legal teams next are scheduled to face off during a two-day trial in Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg.

The non-jury trial, or evidentiary hearing, is set to begin 9:30 a.m. Monday, June 10 at the Pennsylvania Judicial Center and continue at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Commonwealth Court Judge Robert E. Simpson wrote in an order filed Monday.

Simpson plans to issue his ruling two days after the trial, by Friday, June 14, he wrote in the June 3 order.

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