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16 May 2023 Man who claims he was overserved with alcohol at pool party and paralyzed settles case with hosts PITTSBURGH – A man who suffered a severe spinal cord injury at a house party where alcohol was consumed and argued that his paralysis was the result of the party hosts’ negligence in allowing him to be overserved with alcohol, ... Read Story

30 Apr 2023 D.C.-Bound Amtrak Train Kills Two Minors on the Tracks in Chester, PA On Saturday, two boys were tragically struck and killed by an Amtrak passenger train in Chester, Pennsylvania. Read Story

24 Apr 2023 The Legal Intelligencer Announces 2023 Professional Excellence Award Winners The Legal Intelligencer is pleased to announce the 2023 Professional Excellence Award winners. We are delighted to highlight the great work and achievements across the full breadth of the Pennsylvania legal community. Read Story

18 Apr 2023 One person killed, others injured in parking garage collapse in lower Manhattan on Ann Street Upper levels of a three-story parking garage collapsed, causing multiple injuries in Lower Manhattan, New York. Read Story

11 Apr 2023 Popular Handgun Fires Without Anyone Pulling the Trigger, Victims Say More than 80 people, including police officers, allege they were shot by their SIG Sauer P320 pistols. Some have lost work, live in pain after serious injuries. Read Story

11 Apr 2023 Family Of Worker Killed In R. M. Palmer Candy Plant Explosion Files First Wrongful Death, Negligence Lawsuit Against The Company And Its Gas Suppliers Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky attorneys filing on behalf of Judith Lopez-Moran, mother of three Read Story

10 Apr 2023 Scranton Agrees To $10m Lawsuit Settlement Over Delinquent Garbage Fees Apr. 6—Scranton agreed to an estimated $10 million settlement of a class action lawsuit that will refund most of the penalties and interest charged to residents who paid delinquent garbage fees between 2016 and 2020. Read Story

3 Apr 2023 Eyedrops Recalled After Reports of Bacterial Infections, Vision Problems, and Blindness Recently recalled eye drops, known as artificial tears, made by EzriCare and Delsam Pharma have been linked to serious bacterial infections that have caused vision problems, including total blindness. The use of these recalled eyedrops is also suspected to have ... Read Story

1 Apr 2023 One Dead and Dozens Hurt in Roof Collapse at Illinois Theater On Friday evening, the roof of the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois collapsed during a sold-out concert. The disaster caused at least one person to lose their life, and dozens more to be severely injured. Initial reports indicate that severe ... Read Story

30 Mar 2023 Sig Sauer Pistol Defect Sparks New Wave Of Litigation What You Need to Know Pennsylvania’s Saltz Mongeluzzi sued Sig Sauer in New Hampshire federal court over an allegedly defective gun. The plaintiffs are 20 individuals who are trained in firearm safety and claim the P320 unintentionally discharged. Saltz Mongeluzzi ... Read Story

29 Mar 2023 Rampant Toyota Rav4 Roof Leaks Lead To First Class-Action Lawsuit; Owners Allege Safety-System Failures, Urge Nationwide Recall California filing by Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky P.C. files over roof-rail defect in 2019-2021 models Read Story

28 Mar 2023 20 Federal Agents, Police Officers And Private Citizens Sue Sig Sauer For Unintended Discharges Of Its P320 Guns Latest mass-action filing to hold global gunmaker accountable and avert more injuries Read Story

27 Mar 2023 Update: Leading Explosion Attorneys Available To Discuss Mass-Casualty Tragedy At R.M. Palmer Chocolate Factory In West Reading, Pa Leading  catastrophic explosion attorneys and industrial-site safety advocates from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky are available to discuss yesterday’s massive explosion and fire at the R.M. Palmer Company chocolate factory in West Reading, PA, that killed at least seven workers and hospitalized ... Read Story

25 Mar 2023 Leading Explosion Attorneys Available To Discuss Mass-casualty Tragedy at R.M. Palmer Chocolate Factory in West Reading, PA Leading catastrophic explosion attorneys and industrial-site safety advocates from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky are available to discuss yesterday’s massive explosion and fire at the R.M. Palmer Company chocolate factory in West Reading, PA, that killed at least two workers and hospitalized ... Read Story

25 Mar 2023 R.M. Palmer Company Candy Factory Explosion Leaves Two Dead, Numerous Others Injured An explosion at the R.M. Palmer Company candy factory in West Reading on Friday has claimed the lives of two people and injured numerous others. The cause of the explosion that leveled the factory remains under investigation. Read Story

17 Mar 2023 Pa. Bar Groups Advance First-of-Its-Kind Project to Build Up Young Lawyers’ Trial Skills “We’re just in a situation where we are behind the curve vis-a-vis earlier generations of trial attorneys and at what point in their career they begin to develop litigation skills,” said John Gismondi, chair of Project Litigate. Read Story

13 Mar 2023 Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Files First Lawsuit Against Lehigh Valley Health Network Following Its Latest Data Breach Asserting privacy violation resulting in the release of nude cancer patient photos, Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky files state class action on behalf of victimized LVHN patients. Read Story

25 Feb 2023 Leading New Jersey Building Collapse Attorneys Available To Discuss Fatal Sea Isle City Condominium Balcony Collapse Catastrophic building-collapse attorneys from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, PC, are available to discuss yesterday’s eight-floor balcony collapse at the Spinnaker condominium in Sea Isle City, NJ, that caused the death of one worker and injuries to two others. Read Story

8 Feb 2023 Following “Another Avoidable Pedestrian Tragedy”, SMB Attorneys Available to Discuss Legal Consequences PHILADELPHIA, PA (February 8, 2023) – Catastrophic building-negligence attorneys from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, PC, are available to discuss the legal consequences of this morning’s Center City incident in which a 30-year-old pedestrian was struck and critically injured by falling concrete ... Read Story

8 Feb 2023 Center City Building Partially Collapsed A Center City building’s façade partially collapsed Wednesday striking a passing pedestrian. The woman was walking by the building at 201 South 13th Street when she was struck in the head by a concrete slab that fell off the building. ... Read Story