Personal Injury Lawyers in Media PA: Claims From the County Seat

Where the case would actually be heard

A personal injury action arising in Delaware County is generally brought in the Court of Common Pleas in Media, Pennsylvania. That is the building down the street from this office, and it has been for forty years.

For the substantive questions, deadlines, full and limited tort, how claims are valued and what to do in the first week, see how a Pennsylvania injury claim works. This page is about the local dimension.

The roads

Central Delaware County claims come predominantly from the same places: Route 1 and the Baltimore Pike corridor, Route 252, Providence Road, State Street and Front Street in the borough itself, and the approaches to 476. Add the retail parking areas along the Pike, which produce a steady volume of low speed collisions and pedestrian injuries.

Treatment locally

Most people in this part of the county are treated at Riddle Hospital or at Crozer, with specialist follow up locally. Keeping treatment consistent matters more than where it happens, and gaps are the single most damaging thing in an injury claim.

What we do first

Get your declarations page, because your tort election and your underinsured motorist coverage frequently matter more than the other driver’s policy. Establish whether any government body was involved, since that carries a six month notice requirement rather than two years. And tell you not to give the other insurer a recorded statement.

The office

334 W Front St, answered 24 hours. If you cannot travel because of your injuries, we will come to you.