A Bucks County judge has suggested that the constitutionality of a $500,000 statutory cap on damages owed by Pennsylvania governmental entities be reviewed in a potential test case.
When plaintiffs’ counsel Tom Kline, of Kline & Specter in Philadelphia, took the case of Zauflik v. Pennsbury School District , Kline said he viewed the case as a vehicle to challenge the $500,000 cap under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act for damages recoverable against local governmental agencies.
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