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14 Jun 2021 A Large Explosion and Multialarm Fire is On-Going at the Chemtool Chemical Plant in Rockton, Illinois The explosion occurred at 7:00 am. Reports suggest a firefighter has been injured and all within a mile of the plant were evacuated. Heavy smoke is blanketing the area and the fire is still burning as of 12:00 p.m. CST. Read Story

14 Jun 2021 $8 Million Paid To Settle Five Lawsuits Resulting From Fatal 2016 New Jersey Transit Hoboken Terminal Speeding-Train Crash PHILADELPHIA, PA (July 14, 2021) – $8.15 million has been paid to settle five lawsuits resulting from the September 29, 2016, New Jersey Transit (NJT) Hoboken Terminal, speeding-train crash in which a 34-year-old woman was killed from falling debris while ... Read Story

9 Jun 2021 Michael Budner Elected to Non-profit Board of Directors Philadelphia VIP, a non-profit organization providing pro bono legal services, elects Michael A. Budner to its Board of Directors. Read Story

28 May 2021 22 Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Attorneys Named 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky is pleased to announce that ten attorneys have been named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and 11 attorneys have been named Rising Stars for 2021. Read Story

27 May 2021 One Year After George Floyd’s Murder, Memorial Held In Bristol On Tuesday, May 25, Daniel Ceisler spoke at a memorial service in honor of George Floyd. Read Story

25 May 2021 J. Peter Veloski Appears on WWDB-AM’s “Pain and Wellness Hour” On May 25, 2021, Peter Veloski was a guest on “The Pain and Wellness Hour with Sonny Banks.” Read Story

21 May 2021 Jordan Howell Receives LL.M. in Trial Advocacy Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky attorneys graduate from Temple University Beasley School of Law trial advocacy program with LL.M. Read Story

6 May 2021 Woman says her digestive tract injuries are the result of medical malpractice from Delco professionals A Ridley Park woman claims that a host of medical professionals failed to identify and diagnose her perforated ulcer and bowel necrosis, leading her to suffer permanent damage to her digestive tract. Read Story

5 May 2021 More Suits Allege Herbicide Paraquat Causes Parkinson’s Syngenta and Chevron were hit with six more suits in federal courts in California, Illinois and Pennsylvania over allegations that the herbicide paraquat causes Parkinson’s disease, as the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation prepares to decide whether to consolidate the ... Read Story

4 May 2021 ‘Tip of the Iceberg’: Six Tort Cases Filed in Pa. and Two Other States Blaming Herbicide for Parkinson’s Disease A half dozen lawsuits were filed simultaneously in federal court in three states April 30—including Pennsylvania—against the manufacturers and marketers of Paraquat, a herbicide allegedly linked to developing Parkinson’s disease. Read Story

3 May 2021 Multi-State Lawsuits Filed Against Makers of Paraquat – Herbicide Linked to Parkinson’s Disease – By Team of Attorneys From Dicello Levitt Gutzler, Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, and Searcy Law PHILADELPHIA, PA (May 3, 2021) – Six lawsuits have been filed in federal courts across three states – Pennsylvania, California and Illinois  – alleging a link between Paraquat, the widely-banned herbicide, and incurable Parkinson’s disease. The lawsuits include the first ... Read Story

6 Apr 2021 Key Considerations in Cancer Cases As we eagerly anticipate the restart of jury trials, it is useful to reassess our core thinking about malpractice cases in the wake of a global pandemic that has sharpened our collective focus on health care. How will juries respond ... Read Story

10 Mar 2021 Porsche Owner Files Federal Class Action Lawsuit Following “Stop Sale Order” Highlighting a New Round of Vehicle Emissions Concerns PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 10, 2021) – Tens of thousands of duped Porsche car and SUV owners in Pennsylvania and across the U.S., who are now blocked from selling their non-compliant, excessively polluting, high-performance models due to a highly unusual, November ... Read Story

4 Mar 2021 After Year-Long Legal Battle, Septa Is Complying With Requests for Evidence in Harrowing 2019 Incident in Which an On-Duty Transit Cop’s Gun Fired Without Him Touching the Weapon Another Case Involving Allegedly Defective Sig Sauer P320 Semi-Automatic Handgun Read Story

18 Feb 2021 $10 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Maker of Allegedly Defective Semi-Automatic Handgun by Federal Agent Shot Without Ever Touching the Trigger Former Marine’s lawsuit the latest filed by wounded uniformed and civilian users Read Story

29 Jan 2021 Prudential Tower Worker Dies in Fall, SMB Lawyers Available for Consultation A New Jersey sheet metal worker was killed today in a fall at Newark’s Prudential Tower, according to news reports. With an extensive history of success with some of the largest construction-accident recoveries in the United States, the lawyers at ... Read Story

23 Dec 2020 SMB Lawyers Available to Discuss Injury Cases from Baltimore Roof Collapse and Explosion A roof collapse and explosion at the Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) building has injured at least 23 people, nine critically, according to new reports. With an extensive history of success with some of the largest recoveries in the United States, ... Read Story

8 Dec 2020 “I Pray for Justice,” Says Missouri Death Trap Duck Boat Survivor Tia Coleman; Urges State Prosecutor to Pursue Charges After Federal Court Dismisses Case Against the Boat’s Captain and Two Co-Workers Indianapolis, IN (December 8, 2020) – Tia Coleman, the Indianapolis mother whose husband and their three young children drowned in the 2018 Branson, Missouri death trap duck boat disaster, said she “prays for justice” after the dismissal of criminal charges ... Read Story

3 Nov 2020 Using Themes as an Effective Trial Advocacy Tool A consistent, unified, and cohesive theme allows you to take the theory of your case and make it easy to understand and remember. The perfect theme is one that you will introduce in opening, reinforce through direct and cross-examination, and ... Read Story

20 Oct 2020 California Boat Owners Faulted for Fire That Killed 34 One of the deadliest accidents in recent U.S. maritime history was the fault of the owners of a dive boat whose lack of oversight resulted in a fire that swept through the vessel and killed all 34 people in their ... Read Story