2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 85 - Matters Affecting Government Units
8541 - Governmental immunity generally.

                               SUBCHAPTER C
                      ACTIONS AGAINST LOCAL PARTIES

     Sec.
                          GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY

     8541.  Governmental immunity generally.
     8542.  Exceptions to governmental immunity.

                            OFFICIAL IMMUNITY

     8545.  Official liability generally.
     8546.  Defense of official immunity.
     8547.  Legal assistance.
     8548.  Indemnity.
     8549.  Limitation on damages.
     8550.  Willful misconduct.

                          LIMITATIONS ON DAMAGES

     8553.  Limitations on damages.

                                JUDGMENTS

     8557.  Judgment as a bar.
     8558.  Judgments against insured local agency.
     8559.  Judgments against self-insured local agency and those
            not fully insured.

                         POWERS OF LOCAL AGENCIES

     8563.  General powers of local agencies.
     8564.  Liability insurance and self-insurance.

        Venue, Interest and Intervention.  Section 333 of Act 142 of
     1980, which repealed the act of November 26, 1978 (P.L.1399,
     No.330), known as the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act,
     provided that actions under Subchapter C for claims against a
     local agency may be brought in and only in a county in which the
     local agency is located or in which the cause of action arose or
     where a transaction or occurrence took place out of which the
     cause of action arose. Section 333 further provided that no
     interest shall accrue in any such action prior to any entry of
     judgment and provided that a local agency may intervene in any
     action brought against an employee thereof for damages on
     account of an injury to a person or property based on claims
     arising from, or reasonably related to, the office or the
     performance of the duties of the employee.
        Cross References.  Subchapter C is referred to in sections
     762, 8337 of this title; section 315 of Title 3 (Agriculture);
     section 6345 of Title 75 (Vehicles).

                          GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY
     § 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 or property caused by any act of the local agency or
     an employee thereof or any other person.

        Cross References.  Section 8541 is referred to in section
     8542 of this title.