(a) General rule.-- Actions for which damages are limited by reference to this subchapter shall be limited as set forth in this section. (b) Amount recoverable.-- Damages arising from the same cause of action or transaction or occurrence or series of causes of action or transactions or occurrences shall not exceed $250,000 in favor of any plaintiff or $1,000,000 in the aggregate. (c) Types of damages recoverable.-- Damages shall be recoverable only for: (1) Past and future loss of earnings and earning capacity. (2) Pain and suffering. (3) Medical and dental expenses including the reasonable value of reasonable and necessary medical and dental services, prosthetic devices and necessary ambulance, hospital, professional nursing, and physical therapy expenses accrued and anticipated in the diagnosis, care and recovery of the claimant. (4) Loss of consortium. (5) Property losses, except that property losses shall not be recoverable in claims brought pursuant to section 8522(b)(5) (relating to exceptions to sovereign immunity). (d) Exclusions.-- This section shall not apply to damages awarded under section 8522(b)(10). 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 Section 333 of Act 142 of 1980, which repealed the act of November 26, 1978, P.L.1399, No.330, known as the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, provided that actions under Subchapter C for claims against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. GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY
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