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About Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky

Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky is a Philadelphia-based personal injury firm founded in 1998, known for securing some of the largest verdicts and settlements in Pennsylvania history, including a $227 million Salvation Army collapse settlement and a $160 million U-Haul settlement. The firm handles catastrophic injury cases exclusively, covering construction accidents, medical malpractice, trucking accidents, and mass casualty disasters.

Proven verdicts and settlements won by Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky

$1.2 billionSettlement

Saltz Mongeluzzi and Bendesky joined the plaintiffs' leadership team that secured a $1.2 billion settlement for the families and survivors of 98 people killed when Champlain Towers South collapsed in Surfside, Florida on June 24, 2021 -- the largest construction-disaster settlement in U.S. history.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court · 2022Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$265 millionSettlement

Robert Mongeluzzi helped secure a $265 million federal settlement on behalf of more than 125 claimants injured or killed when Amtrak Train 188 derailed at 106 mph on a Philadelphia curve in May 2015.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · 2016Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$227 millionSettlement

A Pennsylvania-record $227 million settlement resolved claims brought by 19 victims of the June 2013 Center City building collapse, in which an improperly braced wall fell during demolition and crushed the adjoining Salvation Army thrift store, killing seven people.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2017Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$101 millionSettlement

Four construction workers were killed and more than 30 injured when five floors of a parking garage under construction at the Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City collapsed in October 2003, leading to what attorneys described as the largest construction-accident settlement in U.S. history at that time.

Atlantic County Superior Court, New Jersey · 2007Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$75.6 millionVerdict

A Philadelphia jury awarded $75.6 million to Joseph Tuski, a highway construction flagman left quadriplegic when a drunk driver who had just served himself alcohol at the bar he managed struck him at 40 mph and fled the scene.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2004Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$68.5 millionVerdict

Jeffrey P. Goodman and Aidan B. Carickhoff won a $68.5 million verdict for the widow and young son of Siarhei Marhunou, a 38-year-old Belarusian immigrant who fell nearly 50 feet to his death when a temporary wooden guardrail failed at a Philadelphia townhouse construction site. The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the judgment in February 2026.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania · 2024Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$65 millionSettlement

Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky secured a $65 million class-action settlement against Lehigh Valley Health Network after a 2023 BlackCat ransomware attack exposed intimate medical images and private health records of more than 134,000 patients.

Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania · 2024Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$29.5 millionSettlement

Robert Mongeluzzi served as co-lead counsel in the $29.5 million global settlement resolving claims for three women who drowned and 40 patrons injured when the 91-year-old Pier 34 buckled beneath Club Heat nightclub and dropped into the Delaware River on May 18, 2000.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2004Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$26.55 millionSettlement

Robert Mongeluzzi secured a then-record $26.55 million Philadelphia County settlement for David Williams, a TruGreen lawn-care worker who was left quadriplegic after a company truck rolled over on a Clinton County highway due to a bald tire the defendants had failed to replace even after their own inspection flagged it.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2016Car AccidentsRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

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$160 million · U-Haul Pays $160 Million After Overfilled Propane Tank Kills Food Truck Owner and Her Daughter
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$85 million · $85 Million Verdict for Penn Med Student Who Fell 18 Feet Into Open Center City Manhole
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$1.6 billion · 104 Women Win $1.6 Billion Against Long Island Pediatrician Stuart Copperman
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Wapner Newman
$227 million · Seven Dead in Philadelphia Building Collapse: $227 Million Settlement Closes Longest Civil Trial in City History

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