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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

4 Feb 2020 Veteran Tastykake Drivers Gain Federal Court Approval In Their Fight For Employee Status, Including Lawful Wages, Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) As many as 600 current and former route delivery operators may be eligible. Read Story

29 Jan 2020 Bucks County DA Matt Weintraub Sues E-cigarette Giant JUUL The Bucks County District Attorney is fighting back against e-cigarette makers JUUL and Eonsmoke, announcing Wednesday the filing of a lawsuit alleging a plot to lure minors into getting hooked on vaping. Read Story

17 Jan 2020 Scranton Sewer Authority approves $7M settlement of lawsuit over 600 missing sewer-line easements SCRANTON — The Scranton Sewer Authority today approved a $7 million settlement of a 3-year-old class-action lawsuit over 619 missing sewer-line easements. The settlement first must gain approval from a Lackawanna County Court judge and undergo procedural steps before plaintiffs ... Read Story

15 Jan 2020 Families Sue Truth Aquatics over ‘Conception’ Fire Charge Lack of Night Watch and Safe Battery Charging Violated Regulations. Read Story

14 Jan 2020 Family of sole crew member who died in California boat fire sues dive boat operator The family of the lone crew member to die in a boat fire that killed all 33 passengers off the Southern California coast last year sued the vessel’s owners Monday in federal court. Read Story

13 Jan 2020 Lawsuits filed against Conception dive boat owner claim charging stations caused fatal fire Four more lawsuits were announced Monday in the deadly Conception dive boat fire off the Ventura County coast, alleging that ion lithium battery charging stations were to blame. Read Story

13 Jan 2020 Wrongful death lawsuit filed against owner of boat that caught on fire, killing 34 The fire broke out at 3:15 a.m. on Sept. 2, 2019. Read Story

13 Jan 2020 Lawyers allege California scuba boat fire that killed 34 was result of safety violations, charging station LOS ANGELES — Owners of a scuba-diving boat that caught fire off California’s Channel Islands last summer, trapping passengers below deck and killing 34 people, failed to follow mandated safety protocols and did not provide adequate charging procedures for electronic ... Read Story

13 Jan 2020 Lawyers for Three Passengers and One Crew Member Killed in the Labor Day Dive Boat Conception Fire Today Filed Federal Wrongful Death Claims Against the Vessel’s Owners Filing also challenges “outrageous” claim of immunity from monetary damages Los Angeles, CA (January 13, 2020) – Leading maritime-disaster trial lawyers from Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C., (SMB) and Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, (PSB) today jointly announced the filing ... Read Story

10 Jan 2020 Leading Maritime-Disaster Lawyers, now Representing Several Victims of Conception Catastrophe, to Update Media on Latest Developments at Monday News Conference Los Angeles, CA (January 9, 2010) – Leading maritime-disaster trial lawyers from Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C., (SMB) of Philadelphia and Panish Shea & Boyle LLP (PSB) of Los Angeles will hold a joint news conference Monday, January 13, 2020 ... Read Story

19 Dec 2019 Building-explosion Lawyers Robert J. Mongeluzzi  and Andrew R. Duffy Available to Discuss Today’s Fatal South Philadelphia Row-house Fire Philadelphia, PA (December 19, 2019) – Building-disaster lawyers Robert J. Mongeluzzi and Andrew R. Duffy, of Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C. (SMB), are available to discuss today’s raging, fatal South Philadelphia row-house fire that they preliminarily believe has “all the ... Read Story

19 Dec 2019 South Philly houses collapse, catch fire in reported explosion; search for residents underway SMB handled the Philadelphia food truck explosion case that resulted in a $160 million settlement, was lead counsel in the Salvation Army building collapse that settled for $270 million and has successfully litigated numerous gas explosion cases that have devastated ... Read Story

3 Dec 2019 A Practical Guide to Depos and Cross Experience is a great teacher—and for the past 37 years, I have been a student of trial lawyering. Here are some of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned about questioning witnesses. Read Story

14 Nov 2019 NTSB: Coast Guard ignored safety proposals for years before duck boat crash killed Indiana family MISSOURI — Federal transportation safety investigators criticized the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday for ignoring suggestions over nearly two decades to improve tourist duck boats, changes they say might have prevented last year’s Missouri accident that killed 17 people — including ... Read Story

13 Nov 2019 New Safety Recommendations for Duck Boats Same as 2002, Years Before Missouri Tragedy Duck boats like the one that sank in Missouri more than a year ago, killing 17 people, could be made safer by installing systems that prevent rapid sinking and by removing overhead canopies and side curtains, a federal agency said ... Read Story

13 Nov 2019 Lawyers for Branson, Missouri Duck Boat Victims – Including Tia Coleman – Urge Coast Guard to Immediately Adopt and Enforce Today’s Renewed NTBS Safety Recommendations KANSAS CITY, MO (NOVEMBER 13, 2019) –Noted duck boat disaster lawyer Robert J. Mongeluzzi today urged the U.S. Coast Guard to “once and for all stop the senseless deaths” by immediately adopting and enforcing today’s recommendations by the National Transportation ... Read Story