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17 Dec 2012 L. Makefield Family To Establish Scholarship With $3 Million Court Settlement About two years ago, driving on the way home from college in Ohio, Matthew Crozier told his dad as they passed his former high school that when he got famous he wanted to start a scholarship fund there. Read Story

17 Dec 2012 Matthew Crozier Memorial Scholarship Fund Established Matthew Crozier Memorial Scholarship Fund Established To Help Financially Challenged Students at LaSalle College High School and John Carroll University Read Story

3 Dec 2012 $3 Million-Plus Settlement With Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity PHILADELPHIA, PA (December 3, 2012) – A $3 million-plus settlement has been reached between the defendants, including Phi Kappa Sigma International Fraternity, Inc., and its local Alpha Chapter, and a Bucks County beer retailer, and the parents of a 20-year-old ... Read Story

19 Nov 2012 Nine New Complaints Filed In Meningitis NEWS RELEASE SALTZ, MONGELUZZI & BENDESKY, P.C. Nine new Complaints filed in New Jersey on heels of Congressional hearings into nationwide Meningitis Outbreak Read Story

9 Nov 2012 First New Jersey Fungal Meningitis Patient Files Complaint Asserting Liability By New England Pharmacy Linked To U.S. Outbreak FIRST NEW JERSEY FUNGAL MENINGITIS PATIENT FILES COMPLAINT ASSERTING LIABILITY BY NEW ENGLAND PHARMACY LINKED TO U.S. OUTBREAK Lawsuit questions why she received an injection after Federal recall Read Story

23 Oct 2012 Third N.J. Patient Files Complaint Asserting Liability in Meningitis Outbreak 23 deaths among nearly 300 cases nationwide in tainted steroid injection outbreak. Read Story

19 Oct 2012 Suits Mount Over Meningitis Outbreak Two new N.J. suits seek more than $50,000 each in damages based on claims under state product viability law. Read Story

18 Oct 2012 Number Of Suits Increasing Over Meningitis Outbreak As the number of people nationwide sickened or killed by meningitis from tainted steroid injections grows, so has litigation, including suits filed in New Jersey on Tuesday. Read Story

16 Oct 2012 NJ Meningitis Outbreak Lawsuits Filed TWO N.J. PATIENTS FILE COMPLAINTS ASSERTING LIABILITY BY NEW ENGLAND PHARMACY LINKED TO MENINGITIS OUTBREAK Read Story

16 Oct 2012 South Jersey Residents Who Got Tainted Steroid Injection File Lawsuits Two Cumberland County residents who received steroid injections to relieve chronic pain are asserting in separate complaints filed today that a Massachusetts-based pharmacy is responsible for exposing them to potentially deadly fungal meningitis. Read Story

16 Oct 2012 Two Nj Patients Suing Pharmaceutical Company Responsible For Tainted Steroids BRIDGETON, NJ (CBS) – Two New Jersey residents have now sued the Massachusetts pharmaceutical company deemed responsible for distributing tainted steroid injections, saying they were potentially exposed to the deadly bacteria. Read Story

16 Oct 2012 Two Cumberland County Residents Suing Pharmacy In Meningitis Outbreak A Vineland man and a Millville woman injected last month with a possibly tainted steroid medication sued the drug’s manufacturer Tuesday, claiming the company failed to establish proper safety procedures. Read Story

11 Oct 2012 Firm Cited In Crane Collapse Appealing Fines; Parents Outraged STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The parents of South Beach native killed in a Manhattan crane collapse in April are in shock after the contractor announced it would file an appeal of a $68,000 federal fine for safety violations, according to ... Read Story

10 Oct 2012 Statement Regarding Contractor Appeal of OSHA “Wrist Slap” iIn Death of Construction Worker NEW YORK, NY (Oct. 10, 2012) – Lawyers representing the parents of killed construction laborer Michael Simermeyer, 30, say they are in shock after the New York crane contractor announced its appeal of a $68,000 Federal fine for serious safety ... Read Story

10 Oct 2012 Company Cited For Crane Accident That Killed Burlington City Man A New York company whose crane crashed to the ground at a Manhattan subway construction site, killing a worker from Burlington City, has been fined $68,000 for violations related to the April accident. Read Story

20 Sep 2012 Us Parents In Class Action Against Apple American parents are taking on Apple in a class action, for allowing children to make online purchases and run up huge bills on their parents credit cards.   US Parents in Class Action Read Story

21 May 2012 $54 Million Madoff-Like Fraud Subject of Recovery Action VICTIMS – MANY ELDERLY AND FROM PHILADELPHIA AREA – OF $54 MILLION MADOFF-LIKE PONZI SCHEME FIGHT FOR RECOVERY OF LOST INVESTMENTS Read Story

21 May 2012 Victims In Mantria Fraud Begin Class Action Lawsuit The search by a Philadelphia law firm has begun for victims of a $54 million Ponzi scheme dubbed last year as the largest green scam in America — in part evolving from a City Avenue company called Mantria. Read Story

10 May 2012 Duck Boat Victims’ Families To Receive $15 Million Settlement The two companies operating the watercraft involved in the July 2010 duck-boat accident that killed two Hungarian tourists will pay their families a combined $15 million as part of a legal settlement reached this afternoon. Read Story

10 May 2012 Victims Of Philly Duck Boat Crash Settle Suit For $17M The families of the two Hungarian tourists killed when a barge crashed into the duck boat they were riding in will split $15 million from a settlement with the companies that owned the vessels, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. “For the ... Read Story