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About J. Peter Veloski
Pete brings a breadth of experience and knowledge to the firm, and fights passionately for the rights of people who have been seriously injured as a result of corporate negligence and careless actions. He has helped to achieve life-changing results for hundreds of clients. Pete Veloski is an experienced trial lawyer who represents individuals who have suffered serious accidents and catastrophic injuries. Pete grew up in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and obtained his bachelor’s degree from Temple University. After graduating, he worked for a local Philadelphia hospital system, before returning to Temple University for Law School.
During law school, Pete received awards for his writing, was an editor of the Temple Law Review, and completed Temple’s nationally recognized trial advocacy program. Pete brings this breadth of experience and knowledge to the firm, and fights passionately for the rights of people who have been seriously injured as a result of corporate negligence and careless actions. Since joining the firm Pete has helped to achieve life-changing results for hundreds of clients and has tried cases to juries in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties. Below are just a few examples of the results of his tireless efforts: Pete lives with his family in Haddonfield, New Jersey, where he enjoys being involved in the local community.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky
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The families of 98 people killed in the June 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida, recovered over $1 billion through a class settlement run by a court-appointed Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, with final approval reached in under a year.
After Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia in May 2015, killing eight and injuring more than 200, Kline & Specter's Thomas R. Kline led the plaintiffs' negotiations that produced a $265 million settlement fund for the victims.
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.
A Montgomery County jury awarded the estate of Ellen Gregory Robb $124.26 million in November 2014 against her husband, a former Penn economics professor who killed her in 2006 and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Of the total, $100 million was punitive damages. The proceeds were for the couple's daughter, the estate's beneficiary. The award stood after Robb's post-trial challenge, though collection was limited to his retirement and investment assets.
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.
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