At times, motor vehicle law in Pennsylvania can be complicated even for attorneys who have been practicing in the field for years. Although many cases tend to mirror one another, cases involving convoluted layers of insurance can lead to head-scratching confusion.
A legal doctrine that can confuse attorneys is the “jerk and jolt” doctrine, which applies to common carriers (such as the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) in situations where there is no collision, but the alleged negligence consists of a jerk or jolt movement of the vehicle. Common carriers, while not required to maintain functioning surveillance cameras, have now been equipping most, if not all, of their vehicles with cameras.
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