42 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 85 - Matters Affecting Government Units

Section 8501 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in...
Section 8502 - Enforcement Proceedings
(a) Venue.--Except as otherwise prescribed by general rules the venue of any action or proceeding by a Commonwealth agency to enforce any statute or...

Section 8521 - Sovereign Immunity Generally
(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, no provision of this title shall constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for the purpose...
Section 8522 - Exceptions To Sovereign Immunity
(a) Liability imposed.--The General Assembly, pursuant to section 11 of Article I of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, does hereby waive, in the instances set...
Section 8523 - Venue And Process
(a) Venue.--Actions for claims against a Commonwealth party may be brought in and only in a county in which the principal or local office...
Section 8524 - Defenses
The following common law defenses are available: (1) An official of a Commonwealth agency, or a member of the General Assembly or the judiciary...
Section 8525 - Legal Assistance
When an action is brought under this subchapter against an employee of the Commonwealth government, and it is alleged that the act of the...
Section 8526 - Counterclaim By The Commonwealth
In any action initiated under this subchapter, the Commonwealth may set forth any cause of action or set-off which it has against the plaintiff....
Section 8527 - Indemnity Relating To Inmate Health Care
The Commonwealth shall indemnify against liability a municipal corporation for a claim against the municipal corporation arising from an act or omission of the...

Section 8528 - Limitations On Damages
(a) General rule.--Actions for which damages are limited by reference to this subchapter shall be limited as set forth in this section. (b) Amount...

Section 8541 - Governmental Immunity Generally
Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, no local agency shall be liable for any damages on account of any injury to a person...
Section 8542 - Exceptions To Governmental Immunity
(a) Liability imposed.--A local agency shall be liable for damages on account of an injury to a person or property within the limits set...

Section 8545 - Official Liability Generally
An employee of a local agency is liable for civil damages on account of any injury to a person or property caused by acts...
Section 8546 - Defense Of Official Immunity
In any action brought against an employee of a local agency for damages on account of an injury to a person or property based...
Section 8547 - Legal Assistance
(a) Mandatory provision of legal assistance generally.--When an action is brought against an employee of a local agency for damages on account of an...
Section 8548 - Indemnity
(a) Indemnity by local agency generally.--When an action is brought against an employee of a local agency for damages on account of an injury...
Section 8549 - Limitation On Damages
In any action brought against an employee of a local agency for damages on account of an injury to a person or property in...
Section 8550 - Willful Misconduct
In any action against a local agency or employee thereof for damages on account of an injury caused by the act of the employee...

Section 8553 - Limitations On Damages
(a) General rule.--Actions for which damages are limited by reference to this subchapter shall be limited as set forth in this section. (b) Amounts...

Section 8557 - Judgment As A Bar
The judgment in an action cognizable under section 8545 (relating to official liability generally) shall constitute a complete bar to any action by the...
Section 8558 - Judgments Against Insured Local Agency
If the judgment is obtained against a local agency that has procured a contract or policy of public liability insurance protection, the holder of...
Section 8559 - Judgments Against Self-insured Local Agency And Those Not Fully Insured
For the payment of any judgment obtained under the provisions of this subchapter against a local agency that is a self-insurer or not fully...

Section 8563 - General Powers Of Local Agencies
(a) Rules and regulations.--A local agency may promulgate rules and regulations not inconsistent with this subchapter in order to implement the intent of this...
Section 8564 - Liability Insurance And Self-insurance
(a) Purchase of liability insurance.--A local agency may purchase insurance on itself or its employees for any liability arising from the performance of their...

Last modified: October 8, 2016