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Personal injury

Car and truck crashes, falls, unsafe property, and injuries caused by someone else's carelessness. How fault works, what the deadlines are, and what the insurance company is actually doing.

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Workers' compensation

Hurt on the job. A separate system with its own strict reporting deadlines, and in Texas, an unusual twist that exists in no other state.

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Mass torts

Medicines, medical devices, chemicals and products that harmed large numbers of people. Which litigations are currently active, and who they cover.

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Deadlines

The thing almost nobody knows in time

Injury claims die on deadlines, not on merits. Some of them are far shorter than people expect, and a few start running before you have even finished treatment.

21 days

Pennsylvania work injury Tell your employer within 21 days or you can lose benefits for the period before you did. After 120 days, no benefits at all. 77 P.S. § 631 (Workers' Compensation Act § 311)

90 days

Claims against a New Jersey public entity A notice of claim generally must be filed within 90 days of when the claim accrued, long before any lawsuit. N.J.S.A. 59:8-8

2 years

Most injury lawsuits in all three states Texas, New Jersey and Pennsylvania each generally allow two years to file a personal injury suit, with important exceptions. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003(a) · N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2(a) · 42 Pa.C.S. § 5524(2)

These are general rules, not your deadline

Exceptions, shorter local deadlines and different rules for minors, government defendants and medical claims all exist. Only a licensed attorney reviewing your facts can tell you what applies to you.

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Hi. I can explain how injury claims generally work in Texas, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I am an automated assistant, not a lawyer.

How long do I have to file in PA?

In Pennsylvania the general deadline to file a personal injury lawsuit is two years (42 Pa.C.S. § 5524). Several exceptions can shorten or extend that, so the only way to know your own deadline is to ask a licensed attorney.

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