Question 1

What personal injury case types do you cover in Pennsylvania?

Accepted Answer

All major Pennsylvania personal injury practice areas: car accident / auto / MVA, truck and commercial vehicle, motorcycle, rideshare (Uber and Lyft), pedestrian and bicyclist, slip and fall / premises liability, dog bite, wrongful death, workplace and construction injuries (third-party against non-employer tortfeasors), nursing home and elder abuse, product liability, and medical malpractice. Pennsylvania is one of the strongest US markets for nursing home and elder abuse work given its third-highest senior population share and 32,000+ reported elder abuse cases annually. Med-mal is routed separately given the post-Yanakos elimination of the statute of repose and Philadelphia's plaintiff-friendly med-mal venue. You can focus on one case type, a subset, or the full PI spectrum.

Question 2

How much do Pennsylvania personal injury leads cost?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania is a competitive PI Google Ads auction. Personal injury CPCs across Pennsylvania generally run $60 to $200, with Philadelphia and the suburban-Philly counties (Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, Chester) at the upper end. National benchmarks for high-volume queries like "car accident lawyer" run $150 to $300 per click. We price per lead, no monthly minimums, no contracts. Contact us for current pricing by county and case type.

Question 3

Can I target specific Pennsylvania counties?

Accepted Answer

Yes. All 67 counties. Highest sustained volume comes from Allegheny (Pittsburgh, 10,348 reportable crashes in 2023), Philadelphia (8,549; 128 fatal crashes, the highest in the state), and Montgomery (7,674); together those three counties account for roughly 24% of PA crashes. Bucks, Delaware, Chester, Lehigh, Northampton (Lehigh Valley/I-78 corridor), Lancaster, York, Berks, Dauphin (Harrisburg), Westmoreland, Erie, and Lackawanna/Luzerne (Scranton-Wilkes-Barre) produce meaningful secondary volume. Target at the county or zip level so you only pay for leads in your actual service area.

Question 4

How does the limited-tort vs full-tort election affect non-auto PI cases?

Accepted Answer

The tort election under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1705 directly governs only auto-related claims, but it indirectly affects rideshare, commercial-vehicle, and pedestrian/cyclist cases that travel through the auto-policy framework. Most importantly, several common exceptions restore full-tort recovery even when the plaintiff carries a limited-tort election: at-fault driver was uninsured, at-fault driver was operating a commercial vehicle, at-fault driver was driving under the influence, the at-fault vehicle was registered out of state, and the plaintiff was a pedestrian or cyclist. Rideshare cases are particularly relevant because the driver-while-engaged is on a commercial endorsement that often opens commercial-vehicle exception arguments. We surface tort-election information at intake on every Pennsylvania auto-related lead where it can be ascertained.

Question 5

How does Pennsylvania's modified comparative negligence rule affect case values?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania applies modified comparative negligence with a 51% bar under 42 Pa.C.S. § 7102. A plaintiff whose fault is 50% or less still recovers, with damages reduced in proportion. A plaintiff whose fault hits 51% or more is barred entirely. Under the Fair Share Act of 2011, defendants are generally severally liable, but a defendant found 60% or more at fault becomes jointly and severally liable for the entire judgment. This is materially friendlier to plaintiffs than the pure-contributory rule used in Virginia or Maryland (where 1% of fault bars recovery), but borderline-fault cases still need attention at intake. We pre-screen every lead against the 51% bar.

Question 6

What are the Pennsylvania personal injury statutes of limitations?

Accepted Answer

Two years from the date of injury under 42 Pa.C.S. § 5524(2) for most personal injury claims, including auto, premises, dog bite, product liability, and general negligence. Wrongful death is 2 years from the date of death under 42 Pa.C.S. § 5524(2). Medical malpractice is 2 years from discovery; the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's 2019 decision in Yanakos v. UPMC eliminated the prior 7-year statute of repose as unconstitutional under the Pennsylvania Constitution's Open Courts provision. Minor plaintiffs are tolled until age 18. The discovery rule applies for non-obvious injuries. Claims against the Commonwealth or a state agency require notice within six months under the Sovereign Immunity Act; municipal claims have separate notice rules. Missing a public-entity notice deadline is the single most common procedural trap on Pennsylvania files involving state, county, or city defendants.

Question 7

Are there damage caps on Pennsylvania personal injury cases?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania imposes no statutory cap on compensatory damages (economic or non-economic) in private-defendant personal injury cases. This is one of the principal reasons Pennsylvania consistently ranks among the highest-verdict states in the country. The exceptions: claims against the Commonwealth are capped at $250,000 per plaintiff and $1,000,000 aggregate per incident under 42 Pa.C.S. § 8528; local-government claims are capped at $500,000 aggregate per incident under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act. Punitive damages have no general statutory cap; in medical malpractice they are capped at 200% of compensatory damages, with 25% of any punitive award going to the MCARE Fund.

Question 8

Are Pennsylvania dog bite claims different?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania uses a hybrid dog-bite framework. Under the Pennsylvania Dog Law (3 P.S. § 459-502-A), owners are strictly liable for the victim's medical bills only. For pain and suffering, lost wages, or other non-medical damages, the plaintiff must prove the owner's negligence, typically by showing prior knowledge of vicious propensities (the "scienter" requirement) or violation of confinement laws. Premises liability theories may apply where landowners had reason to know about a dangerous animal. The 2-year SOL applies. Provocation and trespass are defenses.

Question 9

What changed for Pennsylvania personal injury law in 2019-2026?

Accepted Answer

Three material changes have meaningfully expanded plaintiff options. (1) Yanakos v. UPMC (PA Supreme Court 2019) struck down the 7-year statute of repose for medical malpractice as unconstitutional under the Open Courts provision, removing a hard outer-bound on stale-claim defenses. (2) In 2022, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court eliminated the 2002 venue rule that required medical malpractice cases to be filed in the county where treatment occurred, allowing plaintiffs to choose venue and driving substantial case migration into Philadelphia. (3) Hangey v. Husqvarna Professional Products (PA Supreme Court 2024) further loosened venue rules in product liability and other PI cases, making it easier for out-of-county and out-of-state defendants to be sued in Philadelphia CCP. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined in 2024 to consider a constitutional challenge to the Sovereign Immunity damages cap, leaving the $250K/$1M and $500K caps intact.

Question 10

Why is Pennsylvania a strong nursing home / elder abuse market?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania has the third-highest senior population share in the United States, with roughly 2 million residents 65 and older. State data has reported approximately 32,000 elder abuse cases in a single year. Philadelphia alone has over 200,000 residents 65+. Nursing-home litigation in Pennsylvania benefits from the absence of compensatory damage caps, the 2024 expansion of venue rules, and a long-established plaintiff-friendly verdict environment in Philadelphia and Allegheny counties. We route nursing home and elder abuse leads as a distinct intake stream.

Question 11

Any contracts or minimums?

Accepted Answer

None. No monthly minimums, no subscriptions, no setup fees for standard onboarding. Pay per lead. Pause or resume anytime.

Question 12

How do you replace bad leads?

Accepted Answer

If a lead fails to meet the screening criteria (already represented, not injured, outside the 2-year statute, plainly over the 51% bar, or not in your target geography), we replace it. No client should pay for something that is not a real lead.

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