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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. Read Story

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. Read Story

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. Read Story

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. Read Story

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. Read Story

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. Read Story

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. Read Story

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. Read Story

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. Read Story

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. Read Story

30 Oct 2024 Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Welcomes Partner Alan Borowsky Borowsky will lead the firm’s Sexual Abuse practice. Read Story

20 Oct 2024 Seven Killed in Georgia Sapelo Island Dock Collapse Authorities are investigating ‘catastrophic’ failure. Read Story

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. Read Story

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. Read Story

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.  Read Story

22 Sep 2024 Health System to Pay $65 Million After Hackers Leaked Nude Patient Photos The episode highlights the risk of cyberattacks and their legal aftermath for healthcare organizations with especially sensitive information. Read Story

13 Sep 2024 LVHN Reaches Proposed $65M Settlement in Class-Action Suit Over Data Breaches of Medical Records of 134,000 Patients The data breach exposed patients’ personal information to the dark web. Read Story

13 Sep 2024 LVHN to Pay $65 Million Over Data Breach That Led to Cancer Patient Photos Being Posted Online The agreement would settle a class action lawsuit filed after it was revealed confidential information, including photos of cancer patients, were stolen and then published online. Read Story

12 Sep 2024 Record $65 Million Settlement Reached Between Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky and LVHN on Behalf of Cancer Patients Whose Nude Photos Were Hacked The settlement is believed to be the largest of its kind, on a per-patient basis, in a healthcare data breach-ransomware case.   Read Story

9 Sep 2024 $9.1 Million Jury Verdict Following 2020 Tree-Collapse Death of Beloved Suburban Philadelphia Golf Pro Justin Riegel Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky represented Mr. Riegel’s widow and child; alleged negligent facility management. Read Story