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31 Jul 2014 $23M Deal Fixes Leaky Toilet Pipe Class Action A California federal judge granted final approval Friday to Watts Water Technologies Inc.’s $23 million settlement with a class of consumers who purchased Watts’ leaky toilet pipe connectors, some of whom sustained property damage and were displaced from their homes ... Read Story

22 Jul 2014 Seventh Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed as a Result of Market St. Building Collapse Danny C. Johnson Mr. Johnson in family-provided photo, as shown on his work ID at the time of the collapse. Bonnie, his wife, wears it around her neck, by her heart. (source:SMB) Read Story

20 Jun 2014 Blockbuster Wall Collapses During Demolition, Killing Construction Worker A construction worker was trapped and killed when the last standing wall of a building under demolition collapsed on top of him. Family members have identified the victm as 40-year-old Jose David Castro. Read Story

6 Jun 2014 $6 Million Settlement Near in Bala Cynwyd-Based ‘Biggest Green Scam in America’ A long-awaited settlement appears near in what was once dubbed “the biggest green scam in America” and described by federal regulators as a $54.5 million Ponzi scheme perpetrated through a Bala Cynwyd-based company started by two Temple University grads. Read Story

6 Jun 2014 Demolitions Are Speedier in Philly, but Are They Safer a Year After Building Collapse? One year ago, a building being demolished in Center City Philadelphia came crashing down onto the Salvation Army Thrift Store, killing six people and injuring 14. Read Story

6 Jun 2014 $6 Million Settlement Close for “Green” Alleged Ponzi Scheme Run by Temple Grads Since securities regulators accused Bala Cynwyd-based Mantria Corp. of perpetrating a Ponzi scheme against those who invested in their biochar facility and green housing community in rural Tennessee in 2009, the case has taken some bizarre twists and turns. Read Story

2 Jun 2014 Joint Statement of the Pittsburgh Zoo and the Law Firm Representing the Parents of Maddox Derkosh Pittsburgh, PA – The Derkosh family and the Pittsburgh Zoo have reached a settlement in the lawsuit involving the death of Maddox Derkosh. Details of the settlement will remain confidential. The Derkosh family and the Zoo request that the privacy ... Read Story

29 May 2014 $16.3 Million Accord Reached in Ironworker’s Leg Amputation Case An ironworker whose right leg was amputated and left foot crushed when a 3,000-pound granite base stone toppled over onto him during the renovation of a 106-year-old Philadelphia building has settled with the work site’s general contractor and three other ... Read Story

6 May 2014 Long, Bumpy Road Remains for Pa. Turnpike Pileup Victims In the wake of the massive pileup on the Pennsylvania Turnpike two weeks ago, Steven Coney says his life has been turned upside-down. “This car pileup has been very stressful. I am depressed,” he said. “It’s been hard financially.” Read Story

6 May 2014 Lawsuit Settlement of Painful Tourist Bus Ride Should Comfort Visitors Agnes Matyekne will never forget her first and last ride on Philadelphia’s PHLASH ‘historic’ tourist shuttle bus on September 5, 2011. As a result of the driver’s admitted careless conduct, she was thrown up and down onto the vehicle’s hard ... Read Story

27 Apr 2014 ‘Imminent Danger,’ Years of Inaction on Camden Properties For a quarter-century, Cramer Hill neighbors have pleaded with Camden to take action at a ramshackle row house owned by the city. Read Story

7 Apr 2014 Watts Regulator Co. Announces $23 Million Nationwide Class Settlement The Watts Regulator Co. and a class of plaintiffs have announced a $23 million nationwide settlement that resolves allegations that the defendant’s flexible hoses that connect toilets to a home’s water supply were defective and caused leaks and property damage. Read Story

1 Apr 2014 Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Leads Toilet Connector $23M Class Action Settlement $23 Million Nationwide Settlement in Watts Water Toilet Line Connector Case In Which Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Served as Lead Plaintiffs’ Counsel Read Story

26 Mar 2014 Pennsylvania Association for Justice Presents: Stars of The Bar April 7th All-Star Lineup of Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Provides Opening Day Pre-game Excitement at Pennsylvania Association for Justice April 7th “Stars of the Bar” Panel Read Story

20 Mar 2014 Philadelphia to Announce Plans for Deadly Collapse Site PHILADELPHIA – (WPVI) — The families of six people killed in a Philadelphia building collapse will soon learn whether the site will become a memorial park. Read Story

20 Mar 2014 Memorial to Be Built for Victims of Deadly Center City Collapse What will become of Philadelphia’s deadly building collapse site? It will become a memorial to the victims of the deadly collapse at the former Salvation Army site at 22nd and Market in Center City. Read Story

20 Mar 2014 Statement of Robert J. Mongeluzzi Regarding Future of Building Collapse Site We commend all those involved – starting with Nancy Winkler and her family – for their unwavering persistence in advocating for a permanent memorial park at the site of the horrific building collapse tragedy. Read Story

18 Feb 2014 Workplace Wrongful Death Yields $17 Million Settlement, Reportedly Highest in Phila. History A $17 million wrongful workplace death case settlement, believed to be one of the largest accords of its kind to come out of Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas, has been reached in the case of a 45-year-old father of five ... Read Story

17 Feb 2014 Statement of Counsel on Behalf of the Parents of Maddox Derkosh Pittsburgh, PA – In response to numerous media inquiries… Read Story

11 Feb 2014 Record $17 Million Settlement for Pa Widow Resulting from Husband’s Death at Steam Plant NEWS RELEASE Record $17 Million Settlement for Pennsylvania Widow Resulting from Electrician-Husband’s 2011 Death at Pennsylvania Steam Plant Read Story