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19 Apr 2017 Lawsuit Filed Against Penn Health System And Others In Which Former Surgical Patient Claims Use Of Defective Heater-Cooler Unit Led To Life-Threatening Bacterial Infection Philadelphia, PA (April 19, 2017) – Attorneys at Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C., have filed a Complaint on behalf of Robert Gerngross, an electrical engineer-contractor, who acquired a potentially lethal bacterial infection (Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium, NTM) following open-chest ... Read Story

18 Apr 2017 Saltz, Mongeluzzi, & Bendesky, P.C. Statement In Response To Report Of National Institute For Occupational Safety & Health (Niosh) Report Philadelphia, PA (April 18, 2017) – Attorneys representing the Estate of Lt. Joyce M. Craig, the City’s first woman firefighter killed in the line of duty, believe the just released NIOSH report on the 2014 tragedy supports the contentions included ... Read Story

18 Apr 2017 Statement In Response To Report Of National Institute For Occupational Safety & Health (Niosh) Regarding Death Of Joyce Craig, First Philadelphia Female Firefighter Killed In The Line Of Duty STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO REPORT OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH (NIOSH) REGARDING DEATH OF JOYCE CRAIG, FIRST PHILADELPHIA FEMALE FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY Read Story

17 Apr 2017 Federal Report Blames Errors, Faulty Gear, More For Philly Firefighter’s 2014 Death The NIOSH report confirms that a hose on Craig’s SCBA, which was at least seven years old, burned, and her PASS device “may have ceased to function intermittently from extreme heat exposure.” Read Story

23 Mar 2017 Dozens Of Bacterial Infection Cases Among Patients Of Nj Pain Center Remind Trial Lawyer Of Early Stages Of 2012 Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Attorney Michael F. Barrett urges all patients of Osteo Relief Jersey Shore to be cautious. Read Story

9 Mar 2017 Filing Of Legal Notice Begins Process Of Seeking Justice For Baby Sisters Fatally Scalded In Dec. 7, 2016 Bronx Apartment Radiator Valve Rupture Building owner-operator Moshe Piller named among the negligent and responsible. Read Story

6 Mar 2017 Lawyer Robert J. Mongeluzzi’S Firm Issues Statement On Behalf Of Client, A Victim In Bucks County Penn Medicine Nurse Sexual Misconduct Case PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 6, 2017) – Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Esq., of Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C., and members of his team are representing the teenage girl who Lower Makefield, PA police say was secretly and repeatedly videotaped without her consent ... Read Story

14 Feb 2017 Accountability, But No Closure, In Center City Building Collapse Trial In eight years covering the Philadelphia court’s system closure is not a word I’ve heard from victims or their families. Read Story

10 Feb 2017 Philly Collapse Victims Jumped Hurdle Of State Liability Law Law360, Philadelphia (February 10, 2017, 5:34 PM EST) — Wednesday’s record-setting $227 million settlement ending the civil trial over a 2013 fatal building collapse in Philadelphia was hastened by a harsh jury verdict that helped defang a 2011 liability reform ... Read Story

8 Feb 2017 $227 Million Record Settlement In 2013 Fatal Philadelphia Salvation Army Thrift Store Collapse Trial News Conference to follow at SMB Read Story

26 Jan 2017 Two More Heart-Surgery Patients Fault Penn For Infections Two more heart-surgery patients are accusing the University of Pennsylvania Health System of failing to prevent dangerous infections linked to a widely used device called a heater-cooler. Read Story

26 Jan 2017 Two Penn Health System Heart Patients, Both Infected With a Life-Threatening Bacteria During Their Open-Heart Surgeries, Go to Court for Answers And Justice TWO PENN HEALTH SYSTEM HEART PATIENTS, BOTH INFECTED WITH A LIFE-THREATENING BACTERIA DURING THEIR OPEN-HEART SURGERIES, GO TO COURT FOR ANSWERS AND JUSTICE Read Story

7 Jan 2017 Victim to Be Remembered at Home-Crime Scene in King Of Prussia Sunday as Convicted Wife Killer Rafael Robb Leaves Prison Philadelphia, Pa. (January 6, 2017) – As wife killer Rafael Robb walks out of a Western Pennsylvania prison on Sunday a free man after serving his full 10-year (plea bargained) sentence, family and supporters of his victim, Ellen Gregory, will ... Read Story

4 Jan 2017 Trial Attorneys Tom Kline And Robert Mongeluzzi On Lirr Train Derailment This Morning In Brooklyn’S Atlantic Terminal Trial Attorneys Tom Kline and Robert Mongeluzzi on LIRR Train Derailment This Morning in Brooklyn’s Atlantic Terminal Read Story

29 Dec 2016 600 Scranton Homeowners Say Newly Disclosed City Sewer Lines Under Their Properties Web Of Potential ‘Ticking Time Bombs’ 600 Scranton Homeowners Say Newly Disclosed City Sewer Lines Under Their Properties Web Of Potential ‘Ticking Time Bombs’ Class Action Lawsuit Seeks Just Compensation For Their Requested Easements Read Story

20 Dec 2016 Could Rafael Robb Stay In Prison? Judge Suggests Ex-Penn Prof Lied About Assets The Planned Release Next Month Of Rafael Robb, The Former University Of Pennsylvania Professor Imprisoned For Bludgeoning His Wife To Death, Was Cast Into Doubt Tuesday When A Judge Suggested Robb Had Committed Perjury By Lying About His Assets. Read Story

20 Dec 2016 Homeless Parents Open Up For First Time Since Their Daughters Died From Radiator Steam Inside Bronx Apartment A Homeless Couple Whose Two Daughters Were Killed When A Faulty Radiator Spewed Scalding Steam Into A Room Of A Bronx Apartment Where They Were Staying Broke Their Silence Monday As They Prepared To Bury Their Girls. Read Story

20 Dec 2016 Attorney Robert J. Mongeluzzi’s Firm Representing Parents of Baby Sisters Fatally Scalded in Dec. 7yh Bronx Apartment Radiator Rupture (New York – December 19, 2016) – Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Esq., of Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C., is now representing Danielle and Peter Ambrose whose one and two-year-old daughters were fatally scalded on December 7th when the radiator ruptured in ... Read Story

20 Dec 2016 Family of Victim Killed While on Train Platform Files Claims in New Jersey Transit Hoboken Terminal Crash Newark, NJ (December 20, 2016) – The family of the 34-year-old attorney killed while on the platform at Hoboken Terminal on September 29th when a speeding train plowed into the station, has taken legal action against those responsible, according to ... Read Story

13 Dec 2016 Death of First Philadelphia Female Firefighter Killed in The Line Of Duty DEATH OF FIRST PHILADELPHIA FEMALE FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WAS DIRECT RESULT OF FAILURE OF HER LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT, ASSERTS LAWSUIT. Read Story