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13 Aug 2023 Multiple-house explosion in Pittsburgh, 3 homes destroyed, 4 dead, 1 accounted for A massive explosion killed four people and destroyed three homes in Plum, Pennsylvania on Saturday.  A fifth person is still unaccounted for.  Saturday was not the first time Holiday Park in Plum Borough suffered a home explosion. Just last year, ... Read Story

11 Aug 2023 RV Blows Tire, Crashes into Tractor-Trailer, Kills 5 People in Pennsylvania On Wednesday, August 10, 2023, at around 9 p.m., a recreational vehicle collided head-on with a double tractor-trailer just outside Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on Northbound Interstate 81. The recreational vehicle’s tire blew, causing the RV to cross over a grassy median ... Read Story

4 Aug 2023 2 dead, 2 missing after house explosion in New Jersey An explosion at a home in Atlantic County has claimed the lives of two people and injured several others. Authorities are still searching for two people reported missing. The cause of the home explosion is still under investigation. Read Story

26 Jul 2023 Leading Crane-catastrophe Attorneys, Safety Advocates from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, Discuss This Morning’s Hudson Yards Tower Crane Fire-collapse PHILADELPHIA, July 26, 2023 — Leading construction crane-catastrophe attorneys and site-safety advocates from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky P.C. are available to discuss this morning’s Manhattan Hudson Yards tower crane fire and partial collapse 47 stories above 550 Tenth Avenue; numerous ... Read Story

26 Jul 2023 Cause of Manhattan Crane Fire-Collapse Has Markings of 2012 Sydney, Australia Disaster: Crane-catastrophe Attorneys-Advocates from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky PHILADELPHIA, July 26, 2023 – Construction crane-catastrophe attorney David L. Kwass, of Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, says today’s ferocious tower crane fire and partial collapse 47 stories above 550 Tenth Avenue, Manhattan, “has all the markings – including the engine fire signature that ... Read Story

22 Jul 2023 6 injured in possible explosion at Newark Housing Authority apartment building A massive explosion tore through a New Jersey Housing Authority apartment complex on Friday night, injuring at least 6 residents. Read Story

21 Jul 2023 Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Announces Partnership with Phillies As members of the Philadelphia community, and loyal Philly sports fans, Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky is proud to announce our partnership with the Philadelphia Phillies. From Schwarbombs to clutch moments by Bryce Harper, the firm is excited to be back at ... Read Story

19 Jul 2023 Gas leaked from bad fitting at Pennsylvania chocolate factory where 7 died in blast, report says (AP) – Natural gas leaked from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety investigators said Tuesday as they continued to investigate the cause of the ... Read Story

19 Jul 2023 Larry Bendesky Honored with Milton D. Rosenberg Award Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky is pleased to announce that Managing Shareholder Larry Bendesky has been honored with the distinguished Milton D. Rosenberg award by the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. The Milton D. Rosenberg award is named after one of the Pennsylvania ... Read Story

18 Jul 2023 Citing “Shoddy Materials and Shoddy Work” Revealed in Today’s Scathing NTSB Update, Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Attorneys Press to Hold Accountable All Responsible for Palmer Candy Plant Mass-casualty Explosion Firm filed first wrongful death action in April on behalf of employee, mother-of-three, among seven killed. Read Story

13 Jul 2023 Man Killed In Middletown Workplace Accident: Electrocution, Fall On Tuesday, Kevin McAdorey was tragically killed in a scissor lift accident at the Middletown Village Mall in Middletown, New Jersey. Read Story

14 Jun 2023 Jeffrey Goodman: Work on Condo Collapse Accord Earns Him Praise “We assembled a world class team of structural engineers, geotechnical engineers, hydrologists and other types of experts,” said Goodman. “We then had to create by far the most complex protocols I’ve ever seen as to how the investigation would work.” Read Story

14 Jun 2023 Sig Sauer Sued by Retired Philadelphia Police Lieutenant/SWAT Member Seriously Wounded by His “Dangerously Defective” P320 Pistol the Company Failed to Recall Scranton, PA (June 14, 2023) – A negligence and product liability lawsuit seeking compensatory and  punitive damages has been filed in federal court against gunmaker Sig Sauer by a retired Philadelphia police SWAT  member who was seriously wounded last year ... Read Story

14 Jun 2023 Tanker Truck Company Had A Fiery Crash On I-95 Eight Years Ago Eight years ago, another driver working for TK Transport lost control of his tanker truck while coming off a ramp near the Betsy Ross bridge. Read Story

12 Jun 2023 Lockport boat ride capsizes during cave tour, upstate NY According to news outlets, a tour boat has capsized in a cave along the Erie Canal in Lockport, New York. Read Story

11 Jun 2023 Fire Causes Overpass Collapse and Closes Part of I-95 in Philadelphia A portion of I-95 North in Philadelphia has collapsed this Sunday morning, June 11, 2023.  Multiple news outlets have reported that the cause of the collapse was a tanker truck fire under the section of I-95 near Cottman and Academy ... Read Story

5 Jun 2023 First Lawsuit Filed Today by Leading Structural Collapse Attorneys at Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, on Behalf of Survivor Following Catastrophic Davenport, Iowa Apartment Building Collapse Building owner among defendants named in multi-count negligence complaint. Read Story

2 Jun 2023 Several injured after partial building collapse near Yale medical school At least seven people have been injured in a partial structural collapse of a building under construction on Friday, June 2nd in New Haven, Connecticut, a few blocks away from Yale University. Read Story

31 May 2023 Leading National Building Collapse Attorneys Available To Discuss Catastrophic Davenport, Iowa Apartment Building Collapse Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky notes similarities to Surfside, Florida condominium collapse. Read Story

29 May 2023 Iowa Apartment Building Partially Collapses, Prompting Massive Rescue Effort A six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa suffered a catastrophic partial structural collapse on Sunday afternoon, prompting massive rescue efforts. Read Story