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24 Jun 2024 Gunmaker Sig Sauer Found Liable in Shooting Accident A Georgia jury concluded that the company had failed to adequately warn consumers about the risk of its most popular gun, the P320, unintentionally discharging. Read Story

21 Jun 2024 In Major Victory for Injured Owners of “Dangerously Defective” Firearm, Federal Jury Awards $2.35 Million to Georgia Man Seriously Wounded by His Holstered, Sig Sauer P320 Handgun Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky’s trial team represented the Georgia gun owner. Read Story

30 May 2024 Worker Killed in Fall at Pittsburgh Construction Site A 47-year-old construction worker from McKees Rocks, PA tragically died after falling nine stories from scaffolding at an apartment building construction site in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood at 419 Melwood Ave. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The construction site ... Read Story

29 May 2024 Utility Worker Killed, Several Injured in Crash at Construction Site A utility worker was killed and four other workers were seriously injured on a Magnolia, New Jersey construction site on Wednesday morning. An elderly driver barreled into the active job site where utility work was being performed. The accident happened ... Read Story

22 May 2024 32 Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Attorneys Selected for 2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky is proud to announce that 32 attorneys have been selected for the 2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists, an astounding 70% of the firm’s attorneys. Read Story

20 May 2024 Three Killed After Amtrak Train Hits Pickup Truck in New York Three people were killed Friday evening after an Amtrak passenger train struck their vehicle in North Tonawanda, New York. Read Story

14 May 2024 Florida Bus Crash Leaves Eight Dead, Dozens Injured Eight people were killed and 40 were hospitalized after a bus crashed and overturned at 6:35 a.m. Tuesday in Florida, 45 miles south of Gainesville. Initial reports indicate that the bus was traveling west on State Road 40 when a ... Read Story

13 May 2024 NJ Boater Sued Over Death of Philly Marketing Exec The family of a Philadelphia marketing executive on Monday filed a wrongful death suit against the New Jersey boater who was allegedly drunk at the wheel when he hit her while she was swimming off the dock of her Atlantic ... Read Story

13 May 2024 Family of Swimmer Killed in Alleged Drunken Boating Crash Files Suit “The negligent, careless, reckless, grossly negligent and outrageous conduct” of an Atlantic City man killed an innocent woman last summer, her daughters claim in wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday. Norma Michaels, 79, suffered fatal injuries when Jeffrey Jastrzembski’s boat propeller ... Read Story

13 May 2024 Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Intoxicated Power Boater Who Struck and Killed Greater Philadelphia Marketing Icon Norma Michaels Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky filed a wrongful death complaint against an intoxicated, now indicted South Jersey power-boater who last summer fatally struck and killed his neighbor, Norma Michaels, the renowned Philadelphia-area marketing executive, while she was swimming just off the dock ... Read Story

10 May 2024 Media Advisory: Press Conference for Boating Under the Influence Death of Renowned Businesswoman Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, the law firm with a nationally recognized catastrophic maritime negligence practice, will report on its months-long forensic investigation into the preventable, boating under the influence (BUI) killing last August 12th of Norma Michaels, the renowned Philadelphia area ... Read Story

9 May 2024 Worker Dies After Being Electrocuted at Construction Site A 49-year-old male construction worker was working at a construction site on a ladder when he was electrocuted and fell off the ladder. The accident occurred at a construction site near 65th Street and Lansdowne Avenue in West Philadelphia. The ... Read Story

5 May 2024 Woman Killed by Rolling Steel Cylinder Near Pittsburgh Construction Site A UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital assistant, and mother of three, was tragically killed on May 3, 2024 after being struck by a massive metal cylinder that broke free from a University of Pittsburgh construction project. The cylinder crashed through a ... Read Story

17 Apr 2024 Three Construction Workers Killed in Crash in Active Work Zone Three highway workers tragically lost their lives while working on I-83 around 3:30 AM on April 17, 2024. News reports indicate a box truck collided with a construction vehicle in an active work zone at mile marker 35.5 in Fairview ... Read Story

4 Apr 2024 Worker Killed After Crane Collapse in Fort Lauderdale A worker died after a portion of a crane collapsed in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday. The crane landed on a bridge crushing a car and leaving a hole in the bridge. Authorities are expected to investigate. Read Story

2 Apr 2024 Jeffrey Goodman and Samuel Dordick Obtained Back-To-Back Multimillion-Dollar Verdicts Two Weeks Apart Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky attorneys Jeffrey Goodman and Samuel Dordick obtained back-to-back multimillion-dollar verdicts just two weeks apart. Read Story

26 Mar 2024 Baltimore Key Bridge Collapses After Ship Collision Rescue workers in Baltimore are currently searching for as many as seven people after a major bridge in the city’s port was struck by a cargo ship early Tuesday, officials said. It is an “active search and rescue” situation, the ... Read Story

15 Mar 2024 Larry Bendesky Inducted into the Prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers Larry Bendesky has been inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL), one of the most esteemed organizations of trial lawyers worldwide. Read Story

14 Mar 2024 Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Honored with Trailblazing Partner Award by Philadelphia VIP Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky is proud to announce it has been selected to receive the Trailblazing Partner Award from Philadelphia VIP. This honor is bestowed upon the law firm that has most significantly bolstered its commitment to Philadelphia VIP’s mission in ... Read Story

8 Mar 2024 Three Construction Workers Injured After Partial Building Collapse in Wilmington, DE A building under construction partially collapsed in Wilmington, Delaware, sending three construction workers to the hospital with injuries. The collapse occurred shortly after 9:45 a.m. on Friday, March 8th. The second floor of the building collapsed as the workers were ... Read Story