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5 Jan 2022 Mass-Casualty Fire & Safety Advocate Attorneys Available to Discuss Today’s Catastrophic Fatal Philadelphia Public Housing Fire Leading mass-casualty fire attorneys and building safety advocates from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky P.C., are available to discuss the multi-family Philadelphia rowhouse fire this morning that resulted in more than one dozen deaths, including seven children. Read Story

5 Jan 2022 Multiple Dead After Early Morning House Fire Philadelphia woke up this morning to news of a horrific house fire in the Fairmount section of the city. Initial reports suggest 13 people, seven of which were children, died in the blaze. Read Story

4 Jan 2022 Eagles Fans Make the Best of a Railing Collapse at FedEx Field, an Incident Reminiscent of a Veterans Stadium Catastrophe Leave it to Philadelphia fans to make the best of what could have been a catastrophic situation. In this case, an almost 10-foot fall at FedEx Field that could have left Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and several fans injured. Read Story

3 Jan 2022 Fans Topple After Railing Gives Way at FedEx Field FedEx Field railing gave way and fans fell in a heap near Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts as he walked off the field after a 20-16 victory over the Washington Football Team on Sunday, January 2, 2022. Read Story

21 Dec 2021 Looking Back on The Legal’s Top Verdicts of 2021 Pandemic-related court closures meant the beginning of 2021 was rife with stalled litigation, but as courts brought back juries Pennsylvania’s attorneys were able to secure some big-ticket verdicts in the second half of the year. Read Story

17 Dec 2021 Construction Worker Killed in Center City Accident A construction worker was killed on Wednesday morning, in an accident that occurred on a construction site located at 2330 Samson St., near Rittenhouse Square, in Center City Philadelphia. Read Story

9 Dec 2021 6 Injured After Septa Trolley Collides With Freight Train in Darby, Pennsylvania Six people were injured on Thursday morning when a SEPTA trolley collided with a freight train at the intersection of S. 6th and Main Street in Darby Township, Delaware County. Read Story

8 Dec 2021 First Civil Action Filed Against Pennsylvania Serial Child Sexual Predator Dr. Justin S. Rutherford Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky File First Civil Action On Behalf of Victims Against Accused Berks County, Pennsylvania Serial Child Sexual Predator Dr. Justin S. Rutherford. A teenage boy was among those secretly recorded while using the bathroom. Read Story

8 Dec 2021 Andrew Duffy Admitted as a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Andrew Duffy has been admitted as a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL). Read Story

18 Nov 2021 The Family of a Man Killed in a South Philly Gas Explosion Is Suing the City They say the problem isn’t fixed, and more people are at risk. The lawsuit argues that the City and PGW have failed to adequately address a long-known problem: Philadelphia’s gas pipes are old and corroding, which makes them at higher ... Read Story

18 Nov 2021 Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), City and Two Contractors Blamed in Wrongful Death Lawsuit for 2019 Gas Explosion Philadelphia gas works (PGW), city and two contractors blamed in wrongful death lawsuit for 2019 gas explosion that killed 28-year-old south Philly man. Read Story

17 Nov 2021 Construction of luxury condo just feet away weakened frail Champlain Towers, lawsuit says The construction of a new luxury condo tower just feet away from Champlain Towers South caused severe damage to the fragile, poorly designed building in Surfside, eventually leading to the collapse that killed nearly 100 people, according to a civil ... Read Story

17 Nov 2021 Who Will Be Held Responsible for the Astroworld Disaster? Examining the legal cases against Travis Scott, Drake, Live Nation, and other parties sued over the deaths at the Houston festival. Read Story

10 Nov 2021 ‘The Phone Has Been Ringing’: As Number of Astroworld Lawsuits Escalates, So Do Litigators’ Concerns With the rising number of suits comes a panoply of different law firms and a question of whether consolidation may be the ultimate—and most practical—course of litigation. Read Story

9 Nov 2021 CHILLING REMINDER Astroworld One of ‘Worst Crowd Disasters in US History With Haunting Similarities to Gig Railing Collapse That Hurt 42’ THE Astroworld disaster is one of the worst crowd atrocities in US history and had a “haunting similarity” to a 2016 concert where nearly 50 people were injured after a railing collapsed, the lawyer who litigated that case has told ... Read Story

8 Nov 2021 Concert Catastrophe Lawyer Andrew R. Duffy Available to Discuss Event Safety Following Houston Astroworld Crowd-Surge Deaths Concert catastrophe lawyer Andrew R. Duffy, of Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, P.C., is available to discuss with the media the numerous legal, safety-related issues following the chaotic crowd surge at Houston’s Astroworld festival in which at least eight people were killed ... Read Story

6 Nov 2021 Eight People Died and Hundreds Injured at Astroworld Festival in Houston, TX Eight people died on Friday night and hundreds more were injured after more than 50,000 concertgoers compressed forward toward the stage at the Astroworld Festival at NRG Park in Houston, TX, shortly before 9:30 p.m. Read Story

4 Nov 2021 Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Ranked In 2022 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky received one national ranking and five metropolitan rankings, including four first-tier rankings in Philadelphia, in the 2022 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” Read Story

3 Nov 2021 New York Detective Becomes Latest to Sue SIG SAUER Wounded by his holstered gun without touching the trigger, New York  detective becomes the latest to sue Sig Sauer for designing and  manufacturing “America’s most dangerously defective gun.” Read Story

28 Oct 2021 $3.15 Million Icing on Federal Court Settlement With Tastykake Delivery Drivers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky’s class-action attorneys, serving as lead counsel for Tastykake delivery route drivers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, are lauding yesterday’s $3.15 million Fair Labor Standards Action (FLSA) misclassification case settlement and the presiding U.S. District ... Read Story