Jury selection is scheduled for today for a trial over the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s federal lawsuit against a Cleveland firm over allegations that an actuarial employee vastly understated the pension liability being assumed by UPMC when it acquired Altoona Hospital in 2013. UPMC says in the lawsuit against CBIZ Inc. that it wouldn’t have acquired Altoona Regional Health System in 2013 had it known the hospital’s full liability. The lawsuit says the liability was $123 million more than what was stated in pension documents. UPMC is seeking $142 million in damages, plus punitive damages, in the legal action naming CBIZ and its now-retired, Maryland-based actuary. The trial in Johnstown will be the first since COVID-19 restrictions went into effect 14 months ago.