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25 Apr 2018 Amid A Building Boom, A North Philly Property Collapses, Killing Well-Known Contractor The violations from Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections had stacked up against the long-vacant property at Jefferson and Bailey Streets in North Philadelphia long before contractor Harvey Figgs reported to work Monday. Read Story

4 Feb 2018 “America’s Losing Trust and Confidence in Amtrak,” Say Trial Attorneys Thomas R. Kline and Robert J. Mongeluzzi After Today’s Fatal Amtrak Train #91 Crash Near Columbia, South Carolina PHILADELPHIA, PA (February 4, 2018) – Trial attorneys Thomas R. Kline, of Kline & Specter PC, and Robert J. Mongeluzzi, of Saltz, Mongeluzzi, & Bendesky, P.C., are calling for immediate installation across the U.S. of Positive Train Control (PTC) life-saving ... Read Story

21 Dec 2017 Family Of West Chester Nursing Home Fire Victim Asks: ‘Why Was She Not Protected? What Happened?’ After Martin Malloy had dinner with his mother, Theresa, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, he left her in the first floor lobby of Barclay Friends. She joined a circle of fellow residents, who were batting around a balloon and “laughing like ... Read Story

19 Dec 2017 ‘Delays Have Become Synonymous With Deaths’ Railroad-Safety Litigators Urge Prompt Ptc Implementation PHILADELPHIA, PA (December 19, 2017) – Two of America’s foremost legal authorities on railroad catastrophes , Thomas R. Kline , Esq. and Robert J. Mongeluzzi , Esq., sharply criticized Amtrak and Congress after the National Transportation Safety Board(NTSB) last night ... Read Story

11 Dec 2017 Advogado De Construção Em Philadélfia Quedas em construções são a principal causa de lesões graves ou morte de trabalhadores na construção civil. Read Story

4 Dec 2017 Parents of Market Street Building Collapse Victim Continue to Question How Architect Plato A. Marinakos, AIA, Can Still Practice in Pennsylvania Anne Bryan’s parents have been calling for license revocation for the past two years. Read Story

1 Dec 2017 Press Conference Focuses on Effort by Parents of Building Collapse Victim to Revoke License of Architect Plato A. Marinakos Anne Bryan’s parents, Attorney Robert J. Mongeluzzi will present the latest on Monday. Read Story

28 Nov 2017 Robert J. Mongeluzzi Statement on Behalf of Sex-Crimes Victims Following Sentencing of Ex-Penn Medicine Nurse James Close PHILADELPHIA, PA (November 28, 2017) – As expressed in court today, our clients have been significantly traumatized and continue to suffer – to their core – by the “horrific violation of their privacy by the Penn Health System, its doctors, ... Read Story

10 Oct 2017 Statement Of Attorneys Tom Kline And Bob Mongeluzzi The victims of Amtrak 188 are gratified to see the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s appeal of a ruling which we believe to have been fundamentally flawed given the standard for a preliminary hearing and the facts and circumstances of Mr. Bostian ... Read Story

6 Oct 2017 Man Awarded $8.5M After Being Crushed By 2,800-Pound Transformer A man crushed and seriously injured by an electrical transformer weighing nearly a ton-and-a-half has been awarded $8.5 million by a Philadelphia jury. Read Story

22 Sep 2017 Lawsuit Blames Big Pharma For Opioid Crisis AR-170929907MEDIA COURTHOUSE >> Delaware County became the first county in Pennsylvania to wage war on Big Pharma with a civil lawsuit seeking damages from opioid manufactures they allege participated in an elaborate scheme, downplaying the dangerous and often deadly addictiveness ... Read Story

21 Sep 2017 Delaware County, PA Declares War on Opioid Addiction by Becoming First County in State to Sue Pain-Killer Manufacturers 11 major suppliers of opioids and several doctors named in landmark Complaint. Read Story

23 Aug 2017 Attorneys Tom Kline And Robert Mongeluzzi to Hold 3:30 P.M. News Conference on Yesterday’s Septa Passenger Rail Accident Philadelphia PA (August 23, 2017) – Trial attorneys Tom Kline, Esq., of Kline & Specter, P.C., and Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Esq., of Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C., will hold a press conference at 3:30 p.m. today regarding yesterday’s early morning ... Read Story

4 Aug 2017 Former Bucks County Nurse Pleads Guilty To Secretly Videoing Patients A former Penn Medicine nurse pleaded guilty Friday to secretly recording several undressed female patients, including a 17-year-old, at the Bucks County dermatology office where he worked. Read Story

4 Aug 2017 Robert J. Mongeluzzi Statement on Behalf of Client-Victims Following Ex-Nurse James Close Sex-Crimes Guilty Plea PHILADELPHIA, PA (August 4, 2017) – “Vulnerable victims of Nurse James Close have now heard him plead guilty to violating their privacy and breaching the sacred trust between a caregiver and patient,” trial attorney Robert J. Mongeluzzi said today after ... Read Story

1 Aug 2017 $3 Million in Damages Awarded by West Virginia Jury in 2013 Beating Death of Wheeling Jesuit University Student from Pennsylvania Trial lawyers Jeffrey P. Goodman and Guy R. Bucci represented family of lacrosse star Kevin Figaniak. Read Story

18 Jul 2017 Parents To Discuss How A Local University Fraternity’S Failure To Protect Their Son From Harm Almost Cost Him His Life Press conference Thursday at Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky Read Story

14 Jul 2017 Alert: Man Critical After Being Shocked, Falling Off Kensington Scaffold As reported in Philly.com, a 27-year-old man was reported in critical condition after being shocked by an electrical wire, then falling off a three-story scaffold in the city’s Kensington section this morning, according to a Fire Department spokesman. Read Story

27 Jun 2017 Complaint Filed Today On Behalf Of Woman Killed In New Jersey Transit Hoboken Terminal Crash Complaint Filed Today On Behalf of Woman Killed in New Jersey Transit Hoboken Terminal Crash Damages sought in aftermath of ‘easily preventable’ tragedy. Read Story

24 May 2017 As Memorial Day Nears, Mother Of Four-Year-Old Drowning Victim Pleads For Caution And Presses For Answers Mother of Cami Grinnell, who drowned at a NJ public park last September, entrusted her daughter’s safety to camp personnel and lifeguards. Read Story