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5 Oct 2020 Sexually Assaulted as Minors, More than One Dozen Survivors Sue the Devereux Foundation and Its Child-Services Affiliates to End “Systemic Abuse” PHILADELPHIA, PA (10 a.m. October 5, 2020) – More than one dozen survivors who were sexually assaulted as minors sued the Devereux Foundation and several of its affiliated corporations as they begin a journey to justice, attorneys for the group ... Read Story

23 Sep 2020 Power Plant Designer Can’t Slip Suits Over Fatal Pa. Gas Leak The companies that designed and built part of a Pittsburgh-area power plant can’t escape a trio of lawsuits brought after a 2017 gas leak killed and injured workers, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Monday. Read Story

16 Sep 2020 Leading Construction Catastrophe Trial Lawyers Available To Discuss Today’s Dual-Crane Disaster In Austin, Texas AUSTIN, TX (September 16, 2020) – Trial attorneys from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky (SMB), national authorities on catastrophic building construction and crane failures, such as today’s mass-casualty, dual-crane disaster in suburban Austin, Texas, today, are available to discuss the incident with ... Read Story

16 Sep 2020 Austin Crane Accident Injuries Under Investigation Twenty-two workers were injured this morning when two cranes collided at a construction site in northeast Austin, according to news reports. As the most experienced crane accident attorneys in the world, the lawyers at Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, P.C. stand ready ... Read Story

14 Sep 2020 Atlanta Parking Deck Collapse Injury Cases Investigated At least five workers were injured when a parking deck in Midtown Atlanta collapsed, according to news reports. With a deep history of success with some of the largest recoveries in the United States, the lawyers at Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, ... Read Story

11 Sep 2020 Family Wants Late Housekeeper’s Virus Suit In State Court A Pittsburgh-area nursing home wasn’t acting directly under federal laws, regulations, and directions when a housekeeper allegedly contracted COVID-19 at the facility and died, so her wrongful death lawsuit should be sent back to state court, her family told a ... Read Story

19 Jul 2020 Duck Boat Tragedy: Sunday Marks Two Years Since Duck Boat Capsized on Table Rock Lake, 17 Killed BRANSON, Mo. (KY3) – Sunday marks two years since a Ride the Ducks boat on Table Rock Lake capsized during a storm, sinking and killing 17 people on board. On July 19, 2018, a Stretch Duck 7 duck boat with ... Read Story

1 Jul 2020 First Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Today Against Notorious Pennsylvania Nursing Home Linked to at Least 80 COVID-19 Deaths National Guard was deployed to fight lethal infections at “hellhole” nursing home. Read Story

8 May 2020 Meat Processing Company Sued Over Plant Worker’s Fatal Coronavirus Exposure The complaint said meat processing and packaging plants are particularly susceptible to the spread of infectious diseases. Read Story

8 May 2020 Philly meat worker’s family sues over COVID-19 death. Suit says JBS boosted production in early pandemic with ‘Saturday kill.’ Lawyers for a veteran meat-packing worker who died of COVID-19 last month have sued his former employer, the meat giant JBS, accusing it of wrongful death and negligence over the Haitian immigrant’s fatal encounter with the coronavirus. Read Story

8 May 2020 Protection Was Scarce at Meat Plant Where Worker Died, Lawsuit Claims Attorneys for Enock Benjamin, of the Lower Northeast, said the JBS Souderton plant lacked masks and other protection for workers. Read Story

8 May 2020 Meatpacker Sued In 1st Virus-Related Death Case In Pa. ​​In what attorneys say is a first-of-its-kind case in Pennsylvania, the family of a deceased JBS SA meatpacking worker filed suit in state court Thursday alleging that unsafe conditions at a company plant outside of Philadelphia resulted in him contracting ... Read Story

8 May 2020 Meat giant sued for worker’s COVID-19 death in Philadelphia The family of a beef plant worker who died because of the coronavirus has brought a wrongful death lawsuit in a Philadelphia court against JBS SA, the world’s biggest meat company. Read Story

8 May 2020 Which state saw the most COVID-19 cases among meat-processing workers? Pennsylvania (WPVI) – The Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention data shows Pennsylvania has seen the most COVID-19 cases among meat-processing workers. Read Story

7 May 2020 First Pennsylvania COVID-19 Slaughterhouse Worker Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Today by Mongeluzzi Law Firm Against Industry Giant JBS Beloved Employee Enock Benjamin Was Also A Union Official at the Souderton Plant Read Story

28 Apr 2020 Investigators Issue Findings in Duck Boat Tragedy Federal safety investigators say a duck boat sinking that killed 17 people on a Missouri lake in 2018 could have been prevented if the Coast Guard had followed recommendations made for years to improve the safety of the vehicles. Read Story

28 Apr 2020 Following Scathing NTSB Hearing, Lawyers For Branson, Missouri Duck Boat Victims Press for Banning Death Trap Duck Boats In U.S. Washington, D.C. (April 28, 2020) – Robert J. Mongeluzzi whose firm, Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky P.C., represents nearly two dozen of the July 2018 Branson, Missouri duck boat disaster victims, including survivor Tia Coleman, whose husband and their three young children were ... Read Story

16 Apr 2020 Noted Maritime Lawyer Robert J. Mongeluzzi Says Carnival Cruise Line’s CEO “Seems More Concerned About His Sinking Stock Price Than Human Life” As Company “Rushes to Relaunch Beleaguered Fleet” PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 16, 2020) – Robert J. Mongeluzzi, the noted maritime trial lawyer whose team has represented passenger-victims in maritime disasters on vessels ranging from death-trap duck boats and unsafe dive boats to luxury cruise ships, today said the ... Read Story

18 Feb 2020 Attorneys For Present, Past Employees Ask Scranton Schools To Disclose All Environmental Inspection Records Scranton, PA (February 18, 2020) – Attorneys for current and former Scranton School District (SSD) employees who recently filed a Federal lawsuit against the District, are now requesting prompt public disclosure of all environmental inspection records related to unsafe levels ... Read Story

10 Feb 2020 Citing Dangerous Levels of Asbestos and Lead Contamination in Scranton Schools, First Lawsuit Filed Today Seeks Medical Monitoring for Those Exposed, Class Status, and Damages Scranton, PA (February 10, 2020) – Citing dangerous, historically high levels of carcinogenic asbestos and lead, attorneys for current and former Scranton School District (SSD) employees, including a school principal, reading specialist, and maintenance worker, today announced the first lawsuit ... Read Story