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9 May 2012 Lawyer Robert Mongeluzzi Relishes A Day In Court Robert Mongeluzzi, the Philadelphia plaintiff’s lawyer representing families of two Hungarian tourists killed in the duck-boat accident, is known both for his surgically precise trial technique and for the hundreds of millions of dollars he has won in verdicts and ... Read Story

9 May 2012 $17 Million Duck Boat Trial Settlement PHILADELPHIA, PA (May 9, 2012) – A $17 million settlement has been reached on the third day of a Federal civil trial stemming from the July 7, 2010 Philadelphia duck boat disaster in which two young Hungarian student-tourists drowned in ... Read Story

9 May 2012 Settlement Reached In Fatal Duck Boat Accident PHILADELPHIA – May 9, 2012 (WPVI) — A settlement has been reached in the civil trial concerning the fatal duck boat accident on the Delaware River. Read Story

9 May 2012 17 Million Settlement In Philly Duck Boat Collision That Left 2 Hungarian Students Dead PHILADELPHIA – The families of two Hungarian students killed two years ago when a tugboat-guided barge slammed into and sank their amphibious sightseeing boat in the Delaware River will split $15 million after a settlement was reached Wednesday, just days ... Read Story

9 May 2012 Families Of Philadelphia ‘Duck Boat’ Victims Get $15M Settlement PHILADELPHIA (CNN) — The operators of two vessels involved in the “duck boat” accident on the Delaware River two summers ago have reached a $17 million settlement with the victims and the families of the two Hungarian students who died ... Read Story

9 May 2012 Settlement Reached In Duck Boat Accident Case PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The duck boat civil trial is officially over, and lawyers for the victims announced that they have reached a settlement that is far above the $1.8 million cap set by a 160-year-old maritime law. Read Story

7 May 2012 Trial Of Deadly Duck Boat Crash Sees Video Of 16-Year-Old’s Selfless Final Moments PHILADELPHIA-Video footage played Monday at the opening of a wrongful death trial over a U.S. boat crash that killed two Hungarian tourists shows one of them toss a deckhand her life jacket moments before their sightseeing boat is rammed by ... Read Story

7 May 2012 Duck Boat Victim Threw Lifejacket Overboard To Help First Mate As a barge descended on a tiny duck boat in July 2010, 16-year-old Dora Schwendtner threw her life jacket overboard to help the duck’s first mate, her family’s lawyer said Monday. Read Story

3 May 2012 New Video Released Of Fatal Duck Boat Crash One week before a civil trial is scheduled to begin in the fatal 2010 Ride the Ducks boat accident, plaintiffs’ lawyers released a dramatic video showing detailed images of the crash that killed two students. Read Story

2 May 2012 New Video Of Philadelphia Fatal Duck Boat Crash Released Newly released video of the 2010 deadly duck boat accident along the Delaware River that killed two passengers shows one of the ship’s crew members jumping off the vessel seconds before it crashed, and possibly texting on his cellphone moments ... Read Story

2 May 2012 Fatal 2010 Philly Duck Boat Crash In New Video Just days before a civil wrongful death lawsuit goes to federal court, attorneys for the parents of two Hungarian students killed when a barge slammed into a tour boat in Philadelphia nearly two years ago released a new video of ... Read Story

2 May 2012 Attorney Says Mate Abandoned Duck Boat An attorney for the families of two Hungarian tourists who died when a barge rammed a Ride the Ducks boat on the Delaware River two summers ago says a video shows a mate jumping from the boat seconds before the ... Read Story

2 May 2012 New Duck Boat Crash Video Released Just Days Before Trial Attorneys for the victims of Philadelphia’s deadly Duck boat accident released new, dramatic video of the crash. Their wrongful death case goes to trial in Federal court on Monday. Lawyers for the families of the two victims who drowned, say ... Read Story

1 May 2012 New Video Of 2010 Deadly Duck Boat Accident Released PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Attorneys for two Hungarian students who died when a tugboat and a barge slammed into the disabled duck boat on which they were riding have released new video showing what they say are disturbing new details of ... Read Story

30 Apr 2012 Federal Trial Begins In Fatal Duck Boat Disaster Philadelphia, PA (April 30, 2012) – A non-jury trial begins Monday, May 7, in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia regarding the civil wrongful death case (C.A. No. 10-5750 and C.A. No. 11-79) resulting from the July 7, 2010 collision between ... Read Story

30 Apr 2012 Federal Trial Begins in Fatal Duck Boat Disaster Philadelphia, PA (April 30, 2012) – A non-jury trial begins Monday, May 7, in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia regarding the civil wrongful death case (C.A. No. 10-5750 and C.A. No. 11-79) resulting from the July 7, 2010 collision between ... Read Story

24 Apr 2012 Statement of the Parents of Michael J. Simermeyer STATEMENT OF THE PARENTS OF MICHAEL J. SIMERMEYER, KILLED IN APRIL 3, 2012 NEW YORK CITY MTA CRANE COLLAPSE Read Story

10 Apr 2012 Accord Reached In Scissor Lift Fall Suit A man who fell from a dysfunctional scissor lift has settled with the owner of the lift and the maintenance company that inspected it for $2.85 million. Read Story

8 Apr 2012 Hardhat Who Lost Life Deserves Memorial PETE DONOHUE Sunday, April 08, 2012 The construction worker in the dust-covered boots and blue jeans stood on the sidewalk outside the W. 34th St. crime scene and stated a grim truth. Read Story

6 Apr 2012 Deadly Crane’S Ok From Buildings Department A Mystery MARCUS SANTOS FOR THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Investigators at the scene of a crane collapse that killed a worker and injured four others at 34th St. and Eleventh Ave. in midtown Thursday. Read Story