News & Investigations
Welding Fumes & Hexavalent Chromium: What trades should know about chronic lung and cancer risk
Welding fumes are not just an irritant. Depending on the process and materials, welding can generate a complex mixture of airborne metals and gases that may contribute to long-term lung disease and elevated cancer risk. One of the biggest red…
Untraceable Firearm Product Liability: The Legal Theories Families Ask About
When a shooting involves an untraceable firearm, families often ask the same painful question: how did a weapon with no serial number and no paper trail end up in someone’s hands? These cases are sometimes described as “ghost gun” incidents,…
Safety Gear Failures Offshore: Harnesses, PFDs, and Fall-Protection Equipment That Didn’t Perform
Offshore work is unforgiving. When the equipment meant to keep a worker alive fails, the outcome is often catastrophic: drowning, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord damage, crush injuries, or fatal falls. These cases are especially painful because the entire point…
McEldrew Purtell Represents Child in Cerebral Palsy and Birth Injury Case
McEldrew Purtell is representing a child and her family in a serious birth injury case involving alleged failures to recognize and respond to fetal distress signs during labor and delivery. According to the allegations being investigated, the pregnancy became concerning…
Resource Guides
Brochure: Community Legal Network
From medical malpractice and trucking crashes to nursing home neglect, gun violence, industrial disasters, and PCRA matters, we pursue accountability with urgency, compassion, and a trial-ready mindset.
Practice Area Overview: Transportation Accidents
This practice area overview explains the transportation accident cases we handle, trucking accidents, commercial vehicle collisions, rideshare crashes, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death, and lets you meet the team you’ll be working with, so you know who’s building your case…
Practice Area Overview: Maritime & Jones Act
This practice area overview explains the Maritime & Jones Act cases we handle and lets you meet the team you’ll be working with, so you know who’s building your case from day one.
Practice Area Overview: Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect
This practice area overview explains the nursing home abuse and neglect cases we handle, from pressure injuries to unexplained injury or death, and lets you meet the team you’ll be working with, so you know who’s building your case from…
Videos & Podcasts
PFAS Water Contamination Lawsuit | Legal Help for “Forever Chemical” Exposure
Across the United States, communities are discovering PFAS contamination in public water systems. PFAS are man-made chemicals used in industrial processes and consumer products, and they have been linked to serious health risks.
Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreaks | Legal Help for Legionella Pneumonia Cases
Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria. The bacteria can grow and spread in building water systems when they are not properly maintained.
Pressure Cooker Burn Lawsuit | Ninja Foodi, Instant Pot & Aldi Ambiano Injury Claims
Have you or a loved one suffered severe burns from a pressure cooker? You may not be alone. Several pressure cooker brands and retailers have faced recalls and lawsuits in recent years due to serious safety concerns.
Silicosis Lawsuit | Countertop & Construction Silica Dust Exposure Claims
Countertop fabrication and construction dust can do more than irritate your lungs. Exposure to respirable silica dust can cause silicosis, a serious and potentially life-threatening lung disease.
Client Stories
McEldrew Purtell Files PCRA Petition Seeking Release of Michael Gaynor in 1988 Marcus Yates Case
McEldrew Purtell has filed a petition under Pennsylvania’s Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) seeking the release of Michael Gaynor, who has been incarcerated since his 1988 conviction in the tragic shooting death of 5-year-old Marcus Yates.
Family of Amanda Cahill Files Federal Lawsuit After Jail Overdose
McEldrew Purtell has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the family of Amanda Cahill, a 31-year-old mother who died in September 2024 of a suspected fentanyl overdose while incarcerated at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center (PICC).
