Bill Text: PA HB850 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for venue in personal injury actions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 30-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-11 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB850 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB850-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 963
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 850 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY REICHLEY, BEYER, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DENLINGER, EVERETT, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, MELIO, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, ROAE, ROHRER, SAYLOR, STERN, TURZAI AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 11, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for venue in
personal injury actions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 5101.2. Venue in personal injury actions.
Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, a tort
action for damages which alleges a personal injury may be filed
only in the county in which the cause of action arose and
judgment upon that action may be entered only within the same
county.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.