Pennsylvania Attorneys, Matched to Your Case

Pennsylvania's dog-bite law splits the baby: medical bills are strict liability under 3 P.S. § 459-502, but everything beyond them requires proving the owner knew the dog was trouble.

PA courts will enforce a reasonable non-compete — but only if you got something real for signing it, and continued employment alone doesn't count here.

If you picked limited tort to shave your premium, you may have signed away pain-and-suffering damages — unless your injury clears the § 1705(d) "serious injury" bar.

The UTPCPL (73 P.S. § 201) is one of Pennsylvania's sharpest tools — treble damages plus attorney fees for deceptive business conduct.

Pennsylvania sentencing runs on a guideline matrix where your prior record score is fixed early — what happens before the plea often matters more than the plea itself.

Since Tincher v. Omega Flex (2014), PA product cases can be argued two ways — consumer expectations or risk-utility — and choosing the right theory shapes everything that follows.

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (43 P.S. § 951) reaches employers with just four workers — small shops federal Title VII never touches.

PA divorce courts divide property equitably, not equally, weighing the eleven factors in § 3502(a) — and fault in the marriage mostly stays out of the math.

Pennsylvania removal cases are heard in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and ICE-cooperation policy flips county by county — where you live changes the playbook.

Buy a defective new car in PA and the Lemon Law (73 P.S. § 1951) gives you 12 months or 12,000 miles to act — with the manufacturer footing your attorney's bill if you win.

MCARE gives you 60 days to produce a certificate of merit — and since the venue rule changed in 2023, Philadelphia is back on the table for many med-mal plaintiffs.

Two years to file under 42 Pa.C.S. § 5524, a hard cutoff at 51% fault, and a county-by-county jury divide that can swing the same case by six figures.

Pennsylvania's "hills and ridges" doctrine means fresh snow and ice usually isn't actionable — your lawyer has to show it sat long enough to ridge up.

Pennsylvania disability appeals land in the Third Circuit, whose caselaw gives claimants a fairer shake than most — hearing offices sit in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg.

PA comp is one of the rare systems where a statutory fee cap — 20% under § 442 — keeps lawyer costs predictable, with wage-loss benefits at two-thirds of your average weekly wage.