Personal Injury

The umbrella search

Personal injury is what people type before they know the narrower page: car, fall, dog, malpractice, or work. They search the two-year lawsuit period, whether they can recover if they were partly at fault, and whether to take the first offer. Pennsylvania generally bars a recovery when the injured person is more than 50 percent at fault.

This desk does not price a case from a web form. Value depends on the injury, the insurance, and who the defendant is. A city or SEPTA defendant can be capped. A private driver is not.

How to use this page

If you already know the type, use the narrower page: car accidents, slip and fall, medical malpractice, or workplace injury. If you do not, send the place and what happened and the desk will sort it.

Nothing on this page is a prediction of what a case is worth, and it is not legal advice. A message asks the desk to review the facts and refer them.

What to send

Injuries that are not a criminal charge. The desk sorts the place and the type of injury, then refers the matter.

The useful first facts are the place, the date, the court if there is one, and what happened. Records can wait until a lawyer asks for them.

How a referral works

A message asks the desk to read the facts and refer them to a lawyer who handles this work. It does not hire that lawyer, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship.

The lawyer who receives the introduction decides whether to take the matter and talks with you about deadlines and fees.

Related injury cases

• Slip and Fall — Falls in stores, on sidewalks, and on property
• Dog Bites — Bites and animal attacks
• Wrongful Death — A death caused by someone else
• Brain Injury — Head injuries after a crash or a fall
• Spinal Cord Injury — Back and neck injuries
• Premises Liability — Unsafe property
• Construction Accidents — Injuries on a job site
• Product Liability — A product that failed
• Sexual Assault — A referral for what happened