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NTSB Says Engineer Was Not Using Cell Phone When Amtrak Train Derailed
Posted on 10 Jun 2015 by Maureen McGuire

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB) said June 10 that the engineer of an Amtrak passenger train that derailed in Philadelphia on May 12 was not using his cell phone at the time of the accident (NTSB Accident... Read More

Tags: train derailment , Pennsyvlania , National Traffic Safety Board , NTSB , personal injury , NTSB Accident ID DCA 15MR010 , Amtrak , Litigation , Philadelphia

Wrongful Death Complaint Filed Against Duck Boat, Tug Boat, Barge Owners
Posted on 13 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PHILADELPHIA - Allegations of a blatantly unsafe tourist duck boat and a tug boat operating "blind and deaf" while pushing a city-owned sludge barge are detailed in a sweeping wrongful death complaint filed Aug. 10 in the Philadelphia County... Read More

Tags: Sandor Prem , Ride the Ducks , Adventure Aquarium , Ride the Ducks of Philadelphia , Gizella Prem , Aniko Schwendtner Takacs , duck boats , Dora Schwentner , NTSB , Szabolcs Prem , tugboat , Peter Schwendtner , new lawsuit filings , Holly Ostrov Ronai , Peter Ronai , Amphibious Vehicle Manufacturing , Herschend Family Entertainment Corp. , Miss Majestic , Ronai &amp , Andrew R. Duffy , National Transportation Safety Board , Litigation , Coast Guard , lawsuit , barge , Stone Mountain Park , Dollywood , Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett &amp , Caribbean Sea , duck boat accident , Newport Aquarium , Ronai LLP , City of Philadelphia , Robert J. Mongeluzzi , K-Sea Transportation Partners LP , Bendesky PC , The Resource

Duck Boat Captain Sues Tug, Philly In Deadly Crash
Posted on 30 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PHILADELPHIA - (AP) A tour boat captain has sued the city of Philadelphia and operators of a tugboat that pushed a huge city barge into his amphibious vessel, sinking it and leaving two Hungarian tourists dead. Gary Fox, 59, of Turnersville, N.J., said... Read More

Tags: National Transportation and Safety Board , Robert E. Slota Jr. , Ride the Ducks , Dora Schwendtner , duck boats , NTSB , Szabolcs Prem , tugboat , tour boat , Delaware River , Gary Fox , Hungarian tourists , Litigation , lawsuit , Philadelphia

Law Center Prepares Lawsuit Over Mich. Oil Spill
Posted on 3 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MARSHALL, Mich. - (AP) A public interest law firm prepared Monday to sue the owners of a pipeline that ruptured in southern Michigan and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Kalamazoo River tributary, while residents voiced concerns to... Read More

Tags: Battle Creek , pipeline , Consumers Energy , Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment , flood plain , Enbridge Inc. , NTSB , oil spill , Great Lakes Law Center , Environmental Protection Agency , habitat , Patrick Daniel , cleanup , Marengo Township , National Transportation Safety Board , Litigation , Michigan , Kalamazoo River , lawsuit , wildlife , benzene , Clean Water Act , EPA