Fair Share Act

Pennsylvania Personal Injury Statute of Limitations: 2026 Window, MVFRL Tort Election, and Common Pitfalls

Pennsylvania's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under 42 Pa.C.S. section 5524(2). The traps: the MVFRL limited-tort election barring most pain-and-suffering recovery for auto-injury claimants, a six-month notice to Commonwealth agencies, a seven-year MCARE statute of repose for medmal, the Fair Share Act's end to joint-and-several liability in most cases, and the 51% modified-comparative-fault bar.