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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

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