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Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title 42 were...
Section 8301 - Death action - (a) General rule.--An action may be brought, under procedures prescribed...
Section 8302 - Survival action - All causes of action or proceedings, real or personal, shall...
Section 8303 - Action for performance of a duty required by law - A person who is adjudged in an action in the...
Section 8304 - Damages in actions on bad checks - (a) General rule.--In a civil action to recover damages and...
Section 8305 - Actions for wrongful birth and wrongful life - (a) Wrongful birth.--There shall be no cause of action or...
Section 8306 - Defense against claim for injury sustained in utero barred - Where a person has, by reason of the wrongful act...
Section 8307 - Action by parent, guardian or other custodian for damages in the sale or transfer of controlled substances to a child - (a) Cause of action established.--The parent, guardian or other custodian...
Section 8308 - Damages in actions on retail theft - (a) General rule.--In a civil action based on retail theft,...
Section 8309 - Civil rights violations - (a) Redress for personal injury.--A person who incurs injury to...
Section 8310 - Damages in actions on thefts of leased property - (a) General rule.--In a civil action based on theft of...
Section 8311 - Damages in actions for conversion of timber - (a) General rule.--In lieu of all other damages or civil...
Section 8312 - Profits received as a result of commission of crime - (a) General rule.--If a person has been convicted of a...
Section 8313 - Agricultural crop destruction - (a) Civil action and relief available.--An aggrieved owner of damaged...
Section 8314 - Assault with biological agent on animal, fowl or honey bees - (a) Civil action and relief available.--An animal owner aggrieved by...
Section 8315 - Damages in actions for identity theft - In a civil action based on identity theft as defined...
Section 8316 - Unauthorized use of name or likeness - (a) Cause of action established.--Any natural person whose name or...
Section 8316.1 - Damages in actions for unlawful dissemination of intimate image - (a) Cause of action established.--A person may bring a civil...
Section 8316.2 - Contracts or agreements for nondisclosure of certain conduct - (a) Void provisions.--A provision of an agreement, contract, settlement or...
Section 8317 - Actions involving products or services used to invade privacy - No person shall have a cause of action against a...
Section 8318 - Terrorism action - (a) General rule.--In addition to any other right of action...
Section 8319 - Ecoterrorism - (a) Civil action and relief.--An individual aggrieved by the offense...
Section 8320 - Commemorative service demonstration action - (a) Civil action.--In addition to any other right of action...
Section 8321 - Short title of subchapter - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 8322 - Definition - As used in this subchapter "joint tort-feasors" means two or...
Section 8323 - Scope of subchapter - This subchapter does not impair any right of indemnity under...
Section 8324 - Right of contribution - (a) General rule.--The right of contribution exists among joint tort-feasors....
Section 8325 - Effect of judgment - The recovery of a judgment by the injured person against...
Section 8326 - Effect of release as to other tort-feasors - A release by the injured person of one joint tort-feasor,...
Section 8327 - Liability to make contribution as affected by release - A release by the injured person of one joint tort-feasor...
Section 8331 - Medical good Samaritan civil immunity - (a) General rule.--Any physician or any other practitioner of the...
Section 8331.1 - Veterinary good Samaritan civil immunity - (a) General rule.--Any individual licensed to practice veterinary medicine who,...
Section 8331.2 - Good Samaritan civil immunity for use of automated external defibrillator - (a) General rule.--Any person who in good faith acquires and...
Section 8331.3 - Criminal victim aid good Samaritan civil immunity - (a) General rule.--Any person who provides or obtains or attempts...
Section 8332 - Emergency response provider and bystander good Samaritan civil immunity - (a) General rule.--Any person, including an emergency response provider, whether...
Section 8332.1 - Manager, coach, umpire or referee and nonprofit association negligence standard - (a) General rule.--Except as provided otherwise in this section, no...
Section 8332.2 - Officer, director or trustee of nonprofit organization negligence standard - (a) General rule.--Except as provided otherwise in this section, no...
Section 8332.3 - Volunteer firefighter civil immunity - Volunteer firefighters shall be treated as public employees as defined...
Section 8332.4 - Volunteer-in-public-service negligence standard - (a) Services covered.-- (1) Except as provided otherwise in this...
Section 8332.5 - Corporate representatives - (a) General rule.--The liability of an individual shall be limited...
Section 8332.6 - Antidrug and town-watch volunteer civil immunity - (a) General rule.--An antidrug or town-watch volunteer who acts in...
Section 8332.7 - Immunity of State parole officers - (a) Assistance of law enforcement personnel.--In addition to the provisions...
Section 8332.8 - Immunity of county probation officers - (a) Assistance of law enforcement personnel.--In addition to the provisions...
Section 8333 - Body fluid and tissue limited civil immunity - (a) General rule.--No person shall be held liable for death,...
Section 8334 - Civil immunity in mass immunization projects - (a) General rule.--Any physician who does not receive remuneration for...
Section 8335 - Damages for conversion of property of fluctuating value - Damages for the conversion of stocks, bonds, or other like...
Section 8336 - Civil immunity for assistance upon request in incidents involving the transportation of hazardous substances - (a) General rule.--During the course of transportation, including the loading...
Section 8337 - Civil immunity of school officers or employees relating to drug or alcohol abuse - (a) General rule.--Any officer or employee of a school who,...
Section 8337.1 - Civil immunity of school officers or employees relating to emergency care, first aid and rescue - (a) General rule.--An officer or employee of a school who...
Section 8338 - Liability for damages from donated food and grocery products - (a) General rule.--A person is not subject to civil or...
Section 8338.1 - Liability for damages from donated vehicles or equipment to volunteer fire companies - (a) General rule.--A person is not subject to civil liability...
Section 8339 - Agricultural immunity - (a) General rule.--No cause of action shall arise against the...
Section 8339.1 - Railroad civil immunity - (a) General rule.--A railroad carrier owes no duty of care...
Section 8340 - Immunity of program administrators and supervisors - Any probation officer or agent of the Department of Corrections...
Section 8340.1 - Employer immunity from liability for disclosure of information regarding former or current employees - (a) General rule.--An employer who discloses information about a current...
Section 8340.2 - Civil immunity for use of force - (a) General rule.--An actor who uses force: (1) in self-protection...
Section 8340.3 - Rescue from motor vehicle - (a) Rescue of individual.--No person shall be liable for damage...
Section 8341 - Single publication limitation - (a) Short title of section.--This section shall be known and...
Section 8342 - Justification a defense - In all civil actions for libel, the plea of justification...
Section 8343 - Burden of proof - (a) Burden of plaintiff.--In an action for defamation, the plaintiff...
Section 8344 - Malice or negligence necessary to support award of damages - In all civil actions for libel, no damages shall be...
Section 8345 - No liability when without power of censorship - Liability shall be denied and no recovery shall be allowed...
Section 8351 - Wrongful use of civil proceedings - (a) Elements of action.--A person who takes part in the...
Section 8352 - Existence of probable cause - A person who takes part in the procurement, initiation or...
Section 8353 - Damages - When the essential elements of an action brought pursuant to...
Section 8354 - Burden of proof - In an action brought pursuant to this subchapter the plaintiff...
Section 8355 - Certification of pleadings, motions and other papers - Every pleading, motion and other paper of a party represented...
Section 8368.1 - Legislative findings and declaration - (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds that: (1) Asbestos-related claims threaten...
Section 8368.2 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...
Section 8368.3 - Liability - (a) Limitation.--Except as provided under subsection (c), the cumulative successor...
Section 8368.4 - Fair market value - (a) Establishment.--A successor business entity may establish the fair market...
Section 8368.5 - Adjustment of fair market value - (a) Annual increase.--Except as provided under subsection (c), the fair...
Section 8368.6 - Applicability and construction - (a) Applicability.--This subchapter shall not apply to any of the...
Section 8371 - Actions on insurance policies - In an action arising under an insurance policy, if the...
Section 8381 - Short title of subchapter - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 8382 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...
Section 8383 - Action to abate - Wherever there is reason to believe that a drug-related nuisance...
Section 8384 - Complaint - (a) Adverse impact.--The complaint or an affidavit attached thereto shall...
Section 8385 - Service of original process - (a) General rule.--A copy of the summons and complaint shall...
Section 8386 - Preliminary injunction - Upon the filing of a motion for preliminary injunction to...
Section 8387 - Protection of witnesses - At the time of an application for the issuance of...
Section 8388 - Security - No bond shall be required to issue a preliminary injunction...
Section 8389 - Judgment and remedies - (a) Burden of proof.--The plaintiff must establish that a drug-related...
Section 8390 - Violation of injunctions or abatement order - (a) Contempt.--A violation of any court order issued under this...
Section 8391 - Release and cancellation - (a) No knowledge and abatement.--The court may suspend the effectiveness...
Section 8392 - Severability - If any provision of this subchapter or its application to...