A crash on a Center City street can involve a driver who lives in Media and a doctor in King of Prussia. People cross county lines all week, but a lawsuit is tied to a county. Each local page names that county, when official address geocoding makes the county clear, and points to the court that would hear a larger crash case.
Pennsylvania’s crash rules do not change from county to county. Limited tort, first-party medical benefits, the 51 percent cutoff and the two-year filing period apply in Doylestown just as they apply in Philadelphia. What changes is the courthouse. Philadelphia uses Municipal Court for many civil claims up to $12,000 and the Court of Common Pleas at City Hall for larger ones. The surrounding counties use magisterial district courts for claims at or under $12,000 and their own Courts of Common Pleas above that line.
- Allentown
- Ambler
- Ardmore
- Bala Cynwyd
- Berwyn
- Bethlehem
- Blue Bell
- Bryn Mawr
- Chalfont
- Cheltenham
- Chester
- Chester Springs
- Chesterbrook
- Conshohocken
- Devon
- Doylestown
- Dresher
- Elkins Park
- Exton
- Feasterville
- Feasterville-Trevose
- Flourtown
- Fort Washington
- Gladwyne
- Glen Mills
- Glenside
- Harleysville
- Haverford
- Havertown
- Holland
- Huntingdon Valley
- Jenkintown
- Kennett Square
- King Of Prussia
- Lafayette Hill
- Langhorne
- Lansdale
- Malvern
- Media
- Merion Station
- New Hope
- Newtown
- Newtown Square
- North Wales
- Paoli
- Penn Valley
- Perkasie
- Philadelphia
- Phoenixville
- Plymouth Meeeting
- Plymouth Meeting
- Pottstown
- Radnor
- Reading
- Richboro
- Rosemont
- Rydal
- Springfield
- Swarthmore
- Trevose
- Wallingford
- Washington Crossing
- Wayne
- West Chester
- West Conshohocken
- Wyncote
- Wynnewood
- Wyomissing
- Yardley
If a City, county or Commonwealth vehicle was involved, the six-month written statement in our government notice guide applies wherever in Pennsylvania the crash happened.