6 Jan 2025
Worker Killed After Skid Loader Falls on Him at Machine Shop
A 34-year-old construction worker died Friday morning in Lebanon County after a skid loader bucket fell and trapped him.
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30 Dec 2024
Passenger Train Collides with Fire Truck in Florida, at Least 15 Injured
Three firefighters and 12 passengers were injured in the collision.
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24 Dec 2024
Philly Jury Awards $15 Million to a Woman Whose Leg Was Amputated After She Slipped on a Staircase With No Handrail
Attorneys for Patricia Thompson argued that building owner Alisha Real Estate was operating a “get rich quick scheme” and not focused on the safety of tenants in affordable housing.
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23 Dec 2024
Phila. Jury Awards $15M to Woman Who Slipped on Apartment Building Stairs
The jury determined that the building’s owner and property manager were responsible for the plaintiff’s injuries, despite the defendants’ arguments that they had only taken charge of the building two weeks before the accident.
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11 Dec 2024
Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion Caused by Faulty Gas Fitting, Safety Board Finds
UGI had a chance to remediate the faulty tee during the 2021 pipeline replacement project but did not do so, board investigators said.
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10 Dec 2024
A Bucks County Widow is Suing a Gun Manufacturer, Saying its Pistol Design Caused Her Husband’s Death
The lawyers for the widow of Roman Neshin secured an $11 million verdict against SIG Sauer in a different Philadelphia case last month.
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9 Dec 2024
PA Worker Killed in Industrial Accident
A Kinder Morgan worker was struck and killed by a digging bucket that was excavating sugar from a ship at the Fairless Hills Terminal, officials said.
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5 Dec 2024
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against SIG Sauer As Concerns Mount Over Its Signature Handgun
The lawsuit has renewed scrutiny on the gunmaker for alleged defects in its P320 pistol.
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4 Dec 2024
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Gunmaker Sig Sauer After Local Business Owner Shot, Killed At Home By His Holstered, Defectively-Designed P320 Pistol
Filing follows jury verdicts against Sig in starkly similar P320 incidents.
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22 Nov 2024
A Philadelphia Man Said His P320 Pistol Discharged Unintentionally. A Jury Awarded Him $11 Million.
George Abrahams, of Northwest Philadelphia, alleged in court filings that his P320 pistol discharged in 2020 while holstered in his pocket.
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21 Nov 2024
Phila. Jury Hits Sig Sauer With $11M Verdict Over Alleged Gun Defect
The case is one of scores of lawsuits filed across the country alleging defects in the the Sig Sauer P320 cause the gun to unintentionally fire.
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21 Nov 2024
Philly Jury Awards $11M to Man Shot by Own Sig Sauer Gun
The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas jury awarded $1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.
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20 Nov 2024
$11 Million Jury Award Against Gunmaker Sig Sauer – Found Negligent, Reckless for Defective Design, Sale of P320 Pistol That Directly Caused Injuries to Gun Owner-Veteran
$10 million awarded in punitive damages in first Pennsylvania P320 trial.
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18 Nov 2024
Patients at Center of Data Breach Case Win $65M Settlement Against Lehigh Valley Health Network
The class-action lawsuit represented cancer patients whose nude photos and medical information were posted to the dark web by a Russian cybergang in 2023.
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7 Nov 2024
Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Ranked in 2025 Best Law Firms®
The firm is nationally ranked in one practice area and metro ranked in five practice areas.
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30 Oct 2024
Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Welcomes Partner Alan Borowsky
Borowsky will lead the firm’s Sexual Abuse practice.
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20 Oct 2024
Seven Killed in Georgia Sapelo Island Dock Collapse
Authorities are investigating ‘catastrophic’ failure.
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14 Oct 2024
Operator Killed and 23 Others Injured After Tree Falls onto NJ Transit Train in Mansfield, NJ
The train was traveling southbound from Trenton when it struck a tree just north of Roebling Station.
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3 Oct 2024
Multiple Injuries Caused by Overturned Fuel Tanker Truck
Several people were injured when a tanker truck carrying gasoline flipped over on a New Jersey road.
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1 Oct 2024
Robert Mongeluzzi and Larry Bendesky Announced as 2024-25 Legends of Labor Hall of Fame Inductees
The Legends of Labor Hall of Fame honors and recognizes those who have made an indelible mark on unions, the community, and the labor movement.
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