What is the personal injury law in PA?

What is the personal injury law in PA? Call and speak to personal injury lawyers Jeffrey Pribanic, Ernest Pribanic and Victor Pribanic (left to right) today: (412) 672-5444.

What is the personal injury law in PA?

What is the personal injury law in PA? Call and speak to personal injury lawyers Jeffrey Pribanic, Ernest Pribanic and Victor Pribanic (left to right) today: (412) 672-5444.

A personal injury can profoundly impact your life, causing physical, financial, and emotional challenges. This is especially true if your injuries were caused by another party's negligence or recklessness. Fortunately, Pennsylvania has laws in place to help protect injured individuals.

These laws aim to ensure that those who cause harm to others are held accountable and that the injured parties have the opportunity to seek compensation for their losses and damages. Some important aspects of personal injury law include:

  • Statute of Limitations: In Pennsylvania, there is a time limit for filing personal injury lawsuits. Typically, the injured individual must file the lawsuit within two years of the injury date. This is important because failing to file within this timeframe may result in the court dismissing your case.
  • Comparative Negligence: If you were partially responsible for an accident or injury in Pennsylvania, your compensation may be reduced based on your share of the blame. However, as long as your degree of fault is less than the other party, you can still receive damages.
  • Damages: Damages are the money awarded in a lawsuit to compensate a party for harm or loss. In a personal injury case, damages may include both economic and non-economic losses.
  • Caps on Damages: Pennsylvania does not have caps on economic damages, but it does have limitations on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. However, there are exceptions to these caps, such as cases involving disfigurement, permanent loss of bodily function, or death.
For anyone pursuing compensation for personal injuries, it's important to understand your rights and options by consulting with a qualified attorney who can provide guidance based on the specific laws applicable to your situation. For decades, our team of personal injury attorneys at Pribanic & Pribanic have fought for Pennsylvania's injured victims.

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"What should I do if I experience health problems?"

First, seek medical treatment if you are developing health symptoms. Second, consider getting a baseline of your entire health, like blood tests and organ function, in case anything changes. And there are other steps you can take to improve your chances of securing compensation, like preserving evidence. Take photographs or videos of anything involved that you think led to your injury. It is also important to be careful about what you sign or what you say to companies involved in your injury. They are trying to limit their liability and may try to get you to sign documents or make statements that hurt your case. To ensure your rights are protected in your state consult with an experienced attorney first.

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