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Purdon’s Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Annotated

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Injuries to person caused by wrongful

act, neglect, unlawful violence or

negligence , 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5524

Personal injuries, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5524

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