Modified (51% bar)2-year ordinary injury clock
Pennsylvania (no 2020s rewrite)
No Florida-style 2020s overhaul. Venue and med-mal fights are the usual terrain.
Last checked Aug 31, 2026 · LawyerUnc editorial. Educational only, not legal advice.
- If you share blame
- If you are more than 50% at fault, you recover nothing. At 50% or less, your recovery is cut by your share of blame.
- Ordinary injury time limit
- 2 years. 42 Pa.C.S. § 5524. Tolling, discovery rules, and other claim types can change that. Use the time-limit tool, then have a lawyer confirm the subsection.
- Caps on pain and suffering
- No general PI cap. Med-mal has its own certificate-of-merit and damages architecture.
What that actually means
Two-year clock, 51% bar. That is the working map for an ordinary injury file.
Pennsylvania has not run a 2023-style comprehensive rewrite. The pressure shows up in venue, med-mal certificates, and joint-and-several edges instead.