PRINTER'S NO. 234
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
276
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MULLERY, MURT, CALTAGIRONE, MILLARD, LONGIETTI,
V. BROWN, SCHLOSSBERG, READSHAW, D. COSTA, PASHINSKI, TOOHIL,
KAVULICH AND KORTZ, JANUARY 31, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 31, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in financial responsibility, further providing for
election of tort options.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1705(d)(1) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 1705. Election of tort options.
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(d) Limited tort alternative.--Each person who elects the
limited tort alternative remains eligible to seek compensation
for economic loss sustained in a motor vehicle accident as the
consequence of the fault of another person pursuant to
applicable tort law. Unless the injury sustained is a serious
injury, each person who is bound by the limited tort election
shall be precluded from maintaining an action for any
noneconomic loss, except that:
(1) An individual otherwise bound by the limited tort
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