When criminal charges are filed after an assault, it can feel like the system has taken over and the injured person just waits. The criminal case belongs to the Commonwealth, and it is not designed to make the injured person whole. Here is how a civil claim works alongside it, what restitution does and does not cover, and why the two-year deadline keeps running the whole time.

Most personal injury claims in Pennsylvania have to be filed within two years of the injury, and courts enforce that deadline strictly. There are exceptions, including a six-month notice requirement for claims against government entities and a different timeline for injured children. Here is how the deadline works and why waiting becomes a problem long before it arrives.

Most bad medical outcomes are not malpractice, and any article suggesting otherwise is not being straight with the reader. Some of them are, though, and what separates the two is whether the care fell below the professional standard and whether that failure caused the harm. This article covers the signs that are worth a closer look.