¶ 1 Gerald E. Hanks, M.D., and American Oncological Hospital of the Fox Chase Cancer Center (collectively “Appellants”) appeal the judgment entered against them in this medical malpractice action. We affirm.
*1116 ¶ 2 Appellee, Ruth S. Rittenhouse, ad-ministratrix of the estate of her husband John Rittenhouse, brought this action alleging the negligencе of Dr. Hanks, John’s attending physician, Dr. Anthony D’Amico, a resident, and their employer Fox Chase. A nonsuit was entered in favor of Dr. D’Amico. As to Dr. Hanks, however, the jury found he was negligent and that his negligence was a substantial factor in causing John’s death. The jury awarded damages in the amount of $2.5 million. Appellee filed a motion for delay damages in the amount оf $864,880 which the court granted. Appellants’ posttrial motions were denied and judgment was entered. Appellants’ motion to reduce the amount of security on appeal was also denied. Appellants’ appeal from that denial was consolidated with the appeal from the judgment. 1
¶ 3 The genesis of Appellee’s claim is John’s death from liver failure caused by the side effects of Eulexin, one of the medications which Dr. Hanks prescribed for the treatment of prostate cancer. Ap-pellee contended that John showed symptoms of liver damage but Dr. Hanks did not realize the risk of liver injury from Eulexin and thus did not perform a liver function study until it was too late to reverse the damage. On appeal, Appellants claim the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, that the trial court erred in various evidentiary rulings and jury instructions, that they are entitled to a modification of the award of delay damages, and that the trial court erred in denying their motion to reduce the amount of security on appeal.
¶4 Appellants’ first evidentiary claim
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is thаt the trial court erred in admitting the opinion testimony of Appellee’s expert witness, Dr. Meller, as he was not qualified to testify on this subject matter. The standard for qualifying an expert witness is liberal; if the witness has any reasonable pretension to specialized knowledge on a subject, he may testify and the weight to be given to the testimony is for the trier оf fact.
Miller v. Brass Rail Tavern,
¶ 5 Dr. Meller testified that he is a board-certified urologist and his practice involves the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the prostate and genitourinary system. Approximately half of his practice involves the treatment of prostate disorders, including prostate cancer. Appellants’ contention that Dr. Meller was not qualified because he is not a radiation oncologist is unavailing since experts in one area of medicine may be found qualified to address other areas of specialization where the specialties overlap in practice or where the specialist has had experience in a related field of medicine.
See, e.g., Lira v. Albert Einstein Medical Center,
¶ 6 Appellants next contend that the trial court erred in allowing testimony from Dr. Meller, Dr. Hanks, and Dr. Porter
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concerning their individual practices rather than the community standard of care. Initially, we note that there was no objection made to Dr. Porter’s testimony. Therefore any challenge to his testimony on this basis has not been preserved for review.
Takes v. Metropolitan Edison Co.,
¶ 7 As to Dr. Meller, Appellants’ specific objection is that when answering the question of what is required of a physician providing Eulexin to a patient, Dr. Meller stated:
I always perform liver function testing early, around three weeks, and then around six weeks just to rule out the possibility of a problem with the liver. Even though it is a rare condition, it is the most serious and notable condition that can occur with this drug.
N.T., 5/12/98, at 131. Appellants’ argument ignores the ensuing question and answer:
Q. And we are asking here not about what you do, Doctor, but about what you believe the standard of care is for other physicians?
A I believe that is the standard of care.
Id. at 131-132. Thus, the record refutes Appellants’ claim since Dr. Meller made clear that he wаs testifying about the community standard of care.
¶ 8 Appellants further complain that Dr. Hanks was “compelled to provide testimony as to his own practices.” Appellants’ Brief at 32. However, as the following excerpt shows, Dr. Hanks was not asked for his own practice but the practice of people in his field.
Q. Dr. Hanks, let me ask that question again in a more direct way. Isn’t it true that beginning some time in 1993 or thereafter, you began with patients who were taking Eulexin or flutamide, you began doing liver function studies routinely?
A. Me, personally?
Q. No, people in your field, people in your practice?
N.T., 5/13/98, at 450. Then, although he had been asked for the practice of “people in your field,” Dr. Hanks responded “I personally began testing patients immediately after this incident.”
Id.
As the questiоning continued, Appellants’ counsel objected on the basis that this testimony was evidence of subsequent remedial issues. No objection was made that Dr. Hanks was testifying to his own practice rather than the community practice. Thus, the record shows that (a) Dr. Hanks’ answer of what he personally did was not responsive to the question of what was thе practice of “people in your field” and (b) no objection was made on this basis at trial, so the claim is waived.
Takes,
¶ 9 Citing this same testimony by Dr. Hanks, Appellants claim the trial court erred in allowing evidence of standards or practices after 1992 when the only standard of care which was applicable was the standard as it existed in 1992. 4 Appellants further claim the court erred in failing to *1118 instruct the jury that evidence elicited about standards after 1992 should be ignored.
¶ 10 After reviewing the record, we conclude, as did the trial court, that Appellants first raised questions about post 1992 standards in their cross-examination of Dr. Meller and their direct examination of Dr. Hanks. Since Appellants opened the door with their own questions, they cannot now complain that Appellee followed with similar questions.
Commonwealth v. Reid,
¶ 11 Appellants further contend that the trial court should have instructed the jury to disregard this evidence as it did not relate to the time of the treatment. The purpose of a jury charge is to clarify the legal principles at issue.
General Equip. Mfrs. v. Westfield Ins. Co.,
¶ 12 Appellants next claim that the trial court erred in restricting Dr. Brownstein’s testimony and in refusing to charge the jury on the “two schools of thought” doctrine regarding the use of hormonal/radiation therapy as opposed to surgery. On review of thе record, we find that the court did not restrict Dr. Brown-stein’s testimony as he did in fact discuss the two different treatments for prostate cancer and why he believed the hormonal/radiation treatment was more appropriate than surgery in this instance. More importantly, however, Appellee did not allege that Dr. Hanks was negligent for recommеnding hormonal/radiation treatment over surgery. Rather, Appellee’s allegation has consistently been that Dr. Hanks was negligent for not appropriately monitoring the liver functions in light of the risk of liver damage from Eulexin treatment. As the trial court noted, “This is a red herring,” Trial Court Opinion, 7/26/00, at 7, as there was no “two schools of thought” issue in this case.
See Schaefer v. Stewartstown Dev. Co.,
¶ 13 Appellants also complain that the trial court erred in refusing to allow Dr. D’Amico and Dr. Brownstein to read from the PDR
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listing for Eulexin and the rarity of the sidе effect of liver damage. The admission or exclusion of evidence is
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within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent a clear abuse of that discretion.
Catina v. Maree,
¶ 14 We now turn to Appellants’ first claim, that the verdict was against the weight оf the evidence. A new trial will not be granted on the basis of a weight of the evidence claim unless the evidence supporting the verdict is so inherently improbable or at variance with admitted or proven facts or with ordinary experience as to render the verdict shocking to the court’s sense of justice.
Brindley v. Woodland Village Restaurant,
¶ 15 Appellants also claim error in the court’s additional charge to the jury, in response to the jury’s request for further guidelines for determining compensatory damages. The challenged instruction is as follows:
Also under the Wrongful Death Act, the plaintiff is entitled to be awarded a sum which will fairly and adequately compensate her for the pecuniary value, the monetary value, the services, the society and comfort that her husband, the decedent, would have given to her had he lived from the time that the injury was suffered, from the time you find the injury was suffered on into his life expectancy, and the things that this included are the value of such elements of work he would have done around the home, provision of physical comfort and services to her, sometimes called consortium, the same thing as a provision of society and comfort.
N.T., 5/14/98, at 582. With the exception of the use of the word “consortium,” this additional instruction set forth the exact same elements of damages as did the court’s original instruction:
Under the Wrongful Death Act, the damages recoverable by the plaintiff are as follows:
Plaintiff is entitled to be awarded a sum which will fairly and adequately compensate her for the pecuniary value of the services, society and comfort the decedent would have given to his wife had he lived from the time of his injury to the end of his life expectancy.
And these inсlude such elements as work around the home, the provision of physical comforts and services and the provision of society and comfort to his wife.
Id. at 573.
¶ 16 Appellants rely primarily on
Linebaugh v. Lehr,
¶ 17 Presently, Appellee did not seek to bring a separate action for loss of consortium nor did the trial court instruct the jury to award separate damages for loss of consortium. Rather, in this, as in any wrongful death action, Appellee is entitled to recover for the value of services, society and comfort she would have received had her husband lived.
Walton v. Avco Corp.,
¶ 18 Appellants next contend they are entitled to modification of the award of delay damages. Citing
Kuchak v. Lancaster General Hospital,
¶ 19 Moreover, although Appellants cursorily referred to various excludable time periods, including this time period, in their response to Appellee’s motion for delay damages, at argument Appellants abandoned these claims:
THE COURT: Did you look that over? Is that an accurate calculation?
MR. POST: Under the current state of the law, Your Honor, it is. We have disputed it on constitutional grounds, which under the—
THE COURT: Not arithmetically?
MR. POST: No, sir.
N.T., 6/4/99, at 2. Since Appellants specifically advised the trial court that they were disputing the award of delay damages solely on constitutional grounds, and not on the ground that any particular period of time should be excluded from the calculation of delay damages, they have abandoned this claim and the trial court cannot be faulted for failing to exclude this time period from the calculation of delay damages.
¶ 20 Finally, Appellants contend the trial court erred in refusing to reduce the amount of security on appeal. Appellants claim that the Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss Fund (CAT Fund) is responsible for a portion of the judgment and the security should be reduced to cov *1121 er only that portion of the judgment for which Appellants are insured through their primary carrier. Because there is no record support for Appellants’ factual claims, we are unable to grant relief on this basis. Appellants filed a motion to reduce security, alleging that Dr. Hanks and Fox Chase each have primary coverage limited to $200,000 and have excess coverage of at least $2,000,000 pursuant to the CAT Fund. As the CAT Fund is exempt from posting security, Appellants sought to reduce the amount of security to be posted pending this appeal. Appellee filed a response denying Appellants’ averments of fact. Appellants did not thereafter file affidavits, take depositions, or request a hearing to suppоrt their averments of fact. Thus, there is no record support for Appellants’ claim and Appellants cannot obtain relief on this basis.
¶ 21 Accordingly, as there is no merit to any of Appellants’ claims, we affirm the judgment.
¶ 22 Appeal at 1998 EDA 1999 quashed. Order denying motion to reduce security on appeal affirmed. Judgment affirmed.
Notes
. The appeal at 1998 EDA 1999 is from the trial court's order denying reconsideration of its order granting delay damages. Since an order denying reconsideration is not an ap-pealable order, we quash that appeal.
. In their brief, Appellants’ first claim is that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence. As this claim is based, at least in part, on certain alleged evidentiary errors, we find it more appropriate to dispose of the eviden-tiary claims first.
. Dr. Porter was a defense witness.
. Appellants also claim error in admitting Dr. Porter’s testimony of standards after 1992. Again, however, Appellants have failed to preserve this claim for review as they made no objection to Dr. Porter’s testimony.
Takes,
. The PDR, or Physician’s Desk Reference, is a listing of drugs and their uses and side effects.