Keith P. Mecca, Esq.

09/14/2022

With the bill’s passage by Congress, and President Biden’s recent signing, the Camp Lejeune Act has finally become law.

Here's what to expect in the coming months, and years, as Camp Lejeune victims across the country are being made aware of this remarkable new law and are retaining counsel to help them pursue their rights: https://hubs.li/Q01lZZC-0

09/01/2022

Attorneys Larry Bendesky, Robert Zimmerman, Jordan Howell and Sam Dordick have secured a $10.2 million settlement against several defendants resulting from a tragic construction accident on a bridge project in Pennsylvania.

SMB represented the family of an iron worker who was killed when the operations on the bridge caused a burst of hydraulic oil to strike the worker in the chest. The blast force knocked the worker off of his working platform that was located over 100 feet above the bridge’s surface.

SMB was hired to represent the family within days, and inspected the above ground work site with experts almost one week after incident. SMB utilized drone footage and an aeronautic flyover of the incident scene, as well as 3D image scanning of the work area and metallurgical testing and analysis at a controlled laboratory of the job site equipment. SMB’s trial team deposed over 40 witnesses related to the construction operations, the worksite’s safety plan, and the products involved in the accident. SMB retained six separate experts to investigate and evaluate the work and fall protection plans, the material composition of the products at issue, the warnings and instructions that accompanied the products, and the circumstances related to the death.

The settlement funds will be placed into a trust for the benefit and assistance of the worker’s young daughter.

05/23/2022

BREAKING: Today, Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky P.C. filed a landmark federal complaint against TikTok and Bytedance for providing 10-year-old Nylah Anderson a targeted, deadly “blackout challenge” choking video that allegedly caused her death.

SMB is seeking for Nylah and social media safeguards for others.

"Social media superpowers like TikTok have seized the opportunity presented by the ‘digital Wild West’ to manipulate and control the behavior of vulnerable children to maximize revenue and profits. This industry has neglected its safety responsibilities for too long. It is time for social media giants like TikTok to make social media safe and protect our children," says SMB partner Jeffrey Goodman.

Read the press release and learn more: https://hubs.li/Q01b8WWD0

05/05/2022

09/29/2021

BREAKING: Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky attorneys Robert Mongeluzzi and Jeffrey Goodman filed the first lawsuit today following the Montana derailment.

The suit was filed on behalf of derailment victim Zach Schneider, a 28-year-old senior software engineer and former national collegiate debate champion, who was traveling to Portland with his wife, Rebecca. She was injured but survived the catastrophe.

Learn more about the suit: https://hubs.li/H0YlWzH0

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09/01/2021

A recent insurance coverage action leads SMB to secure a total of $5.5M in settlement proceeds for a young breadmaker whose hand was crushed on the job.

Attorneys Larry Bendesky, Bob Zimmerman, Marni Berger, and Scott Fellmeth were pleased to achieve this result on behalf of their client who will live a long life with his injuries and limitations: https://hubs.li/H0WlxPv0

08/27/2021

A Pennsylvania state judge has recently cleared the way for jurors to consider claims against an online herbal supplement seller over the death of a Philadelphia-area man from a heart attack linked to an apparent kratom overdose.

Kratom is a plant native to parts of Southeast Asia. While it is marketed as a natural treatment for pain, depression and anxiety, and as a possible tool to combat addiction, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has raised alarms in recent years that the supplement has been linked to dozens of fatalities.

Learn more: https://hubs.li/H0W7qwz0

07/08/2021

David Kwass appeared on Fox29 Good Day Philadelphia this morning to discuss the crane collapse in University City that left one dead and one injured.

Watch the video: https://hubs.ly/H0RPCcS0

06/26/2021

Trial attorneys from Saltz, Mongeluzzi, & Bendesky, P.C., global authorities on catastrophic building collapses, such as the fatal 12-story condominium tower partial collapse near Miami Beach, Florida, today are now available to discuss the incident with members of the media: https://hubs.ly/H0Q-ywj0

SMBB lawyers Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Andrew R. Duffy, and Jeffrey P. Goodman, partners in the Philadelphia-based firm, and their colleagues extend their deepest sympathies to all those impacted by devastation that authorities report is responsible for one death and numerous injuries.

04/27/2021

Since its founding in 1998, Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C. has developed a national reputation as one of the country’s most successful personal injury law firms. Led by partner and founder Bob Mongeluzzi, SM&B has built upon its initial foundation as the leading Philadelphia firm for worksite injuries and medical malpractice to become a national powerhouse in construction and transportation accidents.

SM&B is widely considered to be the go-to law firm in the US for catastrophic construction accidents—particularly those involving building and worksite collapses, and incidents involving cranes and aerial lifts.

Over the last decade it has also successfully handled several mass casualty events involving transportation, including the 2015 Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia. Building on that experience, it represented many of the plaintiffs in the 2018 Branson, Missouri duck boat disaster that claimed 17 lives.

With a roster of nationally-known practitioners and formidable financial resources, SM&B has taken on some of the country’s most complex, technical, data and document-intensive cases and won.

To find out more about what we achieve for clients, review our Results ⇨ https://www.smbb.com/verdicts-settlements/

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