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6 Jun 2013 Construction Collapse Attorneys Call for Moratorium The nation’s foremost construction collapse law firm is calling for an immediate moratorium on all Philadelphia demolition projects in which there is a connecting wall to an occupied property. “Every site should be immediately inspected – or re-inspected – to ... Read Story

5 Jun 2013 Collapsed Wall Needed Bracing, Attorney Says The wall that fell onto a store in Center City Philadelphia Wednesday should have been braced once the building’s front was removed, according to a prominent Philadelphia construction-collapse attorney. Read Story

5 Jun 2013 Media Advisory Philadelphia, PA -(June 5, 2013) – Construction catastrophe attorneys Robert Mongeluzzi, Larry Bendesky, and Andrew Duffy, of SMB, are available to discuss the legal aspects of the collapse this morning of the building at 22nd and Market Streets, Philadelphia. Mongeluzzi ... Read Story

29 May 2013 Family Sues Pittsburgh Zoo for Boy Torn to Death by Wild Dogs PITTSBURGH (CN) – A pack of African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo killed a 2-year-old toddler while his mother helplessly watched, the family claims in court. Read Story

23 May 2013 Whitehall Couple Sues Pittsburgh Zoo Over Son’s Mauling by Painted Dogs The parents of the toddler killed last fall at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium are suing the zoo, arguing zoo officials ignored known concerns about safety. Read Story

23 May 2013 Parents Sue Pittsburgh Zoo Over Toddler’s Mauling Death PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The parents of a 2-year-old boy mauled to death by African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the zoo of failing to protect visitors from dangerous conditions. Read Story

23 May 2013 Statement of Robert J. Mongeluzzi on Behalf of Elizabeth & Jason Derkosh In response to numerous media inquiries, we can confirm that we have filed a Civil Complaint in the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas asserting claims that include wrongful death and negligence, resulting from the November 4, 2012, fatal ... Read Story

15 May 2013 First Responders Sue Conrail Over Paulsboro Train Wreck A dozen police officers who responded to a November train derailment in Paulsboro have sued Conrail and its parent companies, CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway. Read Story

15 May 2013 First Responders Sue in Paulsboro Derailment Darran Simon, Inquirer Staff Writer Twenty-four plaintiffs, including a dozen police officers who rushed to the scene of a November train derailment in Paulsboro, sued on Monday, alleging that the rail company’s negligence caused the derailment, and that it downplayed ... Read Story

18 Apr 2013 “Rise Up For Larry “The Rock” Zeidel at Tonight’s Flyers Game” Show the 85-year-old former Flyer – who will be seated along with his courageous caregivers (Joan & George Bradley) behind the home net – that he’s still in the hearts of Philly and its fans. Read Story

8 Apr 2013 10 Questions With The Master of Disasters Bob Mongeluzzi earned his nicknames by fighting — and winning — for the little guy Read Story

6 Mar 2013 Tacony Strip Bar Sued After Patron Dies in I-95 Crash The estate of a Northeast Philadelphia man is suing a local strip club over his death. George Thomas Fadgen III was 46 when he was killed in a car crash last September on I-95. Read Story

5 Mar 2013 Lawsuit: Club Risque Shot Girls To Blame For Man’S Drunk-Driving Death Last September, George T. Fadgen, III, 46, of Philadelphia spent $300 and three hours at Club Risque, then got behind the wheel of his car and flipped over on I-95, according to the his family’s lawyers. Fadgen died on the ... Read Story

5 Mar 2013 Suit: ‘Pay for Pour’ Shot Girls at Club Risque Led to DUI Death A wrongful death lawsuit filed today in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas against Club Risque claims the strip joint’s Tacony location – which employs “pay-for-pour” shot girls who are compensated for each drink they sell – negligently and carelessly ... Read Story

5 Mar 2013 Club Risque Named in Wrongful Death Complaint CLUB RISQUE NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA NAMED IN WRONGFUL DEATH COMPLAINT ALLEGING LIQUOR-LAW VIOLATIONS AND SEEKING PUNITIVE DAMAGES Read Story

27 Feb 2013 Philadelphia Law Firm Helps Parents Recover ‘Bait App’ Money By technology editor Ian Bush A Philadelphia law firm has helped negotiate a proposed settlement with Apple for parents whose kids spent hundreds, even thousands of dollars of real money by playing in a virtual world. Read Story

25 Jan 2013 Rangers Fan Beaten in South Philly Sues Attacker and Neighborhood Bar The New York Rangers fan beaten by a Philadelphia Flyers fan after last year’s Winter Classic has filed a civil lawsuit. Read Story

24 Jan 2013 Brutal Beating of NY Rangers Hockey Fan Leads to Filing of Civil Lawsuit in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Woodbridge New Jersey Police Officer Neal Auricchio, who suffers permanent injuries resulting from the vicious beating at the hands of a drunken Flyers’ fan following last year’s NHL Winter Classic between the Flyers and New York Rangers, today filed a ... Read Story

7 Jan 2013 State Probation and Parole Board’s Alleged Practice of Depressing Recidivism Rates Cited in Court Filing on Behalf of Family of Slain Philadelphia Police Officer Harrisburg, PA (January 7, 2013) – Attorneys for the family of a slain police officer are asserting in a new Federal Court filing that numerous employees of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (PBPP) are expected to testify about ... Read Story

21 Dec 2012 Statement Correcting Published Reports that Complaint Against Head of State Board of Probation and Parole Has Been Dismissed Philadelphia, PA (December 21, 2012) – A published report on www.philly.com earlier today erroneously stated that a Federal court had dismissed the civil Complaint (2:12-cv-06373-HB) recently filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of slain Philadelphia Police Officer Moses Walker, ... Read Story