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About Lydia Abdo
Lydia is a strong yet compassionate advocate, tenaciously representing her clients with integrity and professionalism. An experienced litigator, she has tried numerous jury verdicts and countless arbitrations throughout Pennsylvania. Originally from southern Illinois, Lydia wanted to be a lawyer from a young age. A diligent student, she attended the University of Pennsylvania for her undergraduate studies, where she graduated with high honors, and has been in the Philadelphia area ever since.
While in law school, Lydia was active in a number of student groups, including the Drexel Law Review (Executive Editor of Membership), as well as a research assistant for Dr. Donald Tibbs. In the summer, she clerked for the Honorable Bruce D. Stewart (Fifth District Appellate Court, Illinois). She also organized and participated in a number of pro bono projects and clinics, such as the Haiti Justice Project, traveling to Haiti and conducting human rights investigations to report on conditions in Port-au-Prince.
Prior to joining Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, Lydia spent over ten years litigating cases as defense counsel for major insurance companies, including a Fortune 50 company. In this role, she learned first-hand what adjusters and insurance companies look for when evaluating and trying cases. She also gained valuable experience in all aspects of litigation, from researching and building a case to presenting before juries.
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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