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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure § 8528. Limitations on damages

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

<For applicability of the amendment of this section by Act 2019, Nov. 26, P.L. 641, No. 87, see § 10(3) of that Act.>

(a) General rule.--Actions for which damages are limited by reference to this subchapter shall be limited as set forth in this section.

(b) Amount recoverable.--Damages arising from the same cause of action or transaction or occurrence or series of causes of action or transactions or occurrences shall not exceed $250,000 in favor of any plaintiff or $1,000,000 in the aggregate.

(c) Types of damages recoverable.--Damages shall be recoverable only for:

(1) Past and future loss of earnings and earning capacity.

(2) Pain and suffering.

(3) Medical and dental expenses including the reasonable value of reasonable and necessary medical and dental services, prosthetic devices and necessary ambulance, hospital, professional nursing, and physical therapy expenses accrued and anticipated in the diagnosis, care and recovery of the claimant.

(4) Loss of consortium.

(5) Property losses, except that property losses shall not be recoverable in claims brought pursuant to section 8522(b)(5) (relating to exceptions to sovereign immunity).

(d) Exclusions.--This section shall not apply to damages awarded under section 8522(b)(10).

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