News & Investigations
Nursing Home Neglect: 15 Warning Signs Families Can’t Ignore
When you move a parent or loved one into a nursing home, you’re trusting strangers with something irreplaceable: their safety, dignity, and quality of life. Too often, that trust is broken. Chronic understaffing, poor training, and corporate cost-cutting can leave…
Tabletop Fire Pits Are Causing Devastating Burn Injuries. Here’s What Families Need to Know.
Decorative tabletop fire pits and “smokeless” mini fireplaces are being sold everywhere right now – big-box stores, discount chains, home décor shops, and online marketplaces. They’re marketed as cozy, stylish ways to create ambiance for family gatherings, s’mores nights, or…
Explosion Reported at Bucks County Nursing Home: What Families Need to Know and Do Now
On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, an explosion and fire were reported at Silver Lake Nursing Home / Silver Lake Healthcare Center on Tower Road in Bristol Township, Bucks County. Early reports indicated people may have been trapped, a large emergency…
Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreaks and Lawsuits: What Victims Need to Know
Legionnaires’ disease is not a rare, one-off problem. It’s a growing building-safety issue that keeps surfacing in headlines: cooling towers on hospitals and telecom buildings, assisted living facilities, hotels, condos, and entire neighborhoods affected by contaminated water systems. Recent events…
Resource Guides
Resource Guide: Products Liability
This guide is practical, assertive, and built for action. It explains how product cases work, what to do right now, and how to choose the right firm for a catastrophic injury or wrongful death case.
Resource Guide: Supply Chain Cases
This guide provides an assertive, step-by-step overview of supply chain lawsuits – from understanding what qualifies as a case, to navigating the legal process, to securing fair compensation. It is nationwide in scope and geared toward victims of severe injury…
Resource Guide: Prenatal, Birth & Neonatal
This guide provides an assertive, step-by-step overview of prenatal, birth & neonatal lawsuits – from understanding what qualifies as a case, to navigating the legal process, to securing fair compensation. It is nationwide in scope and geared toward victims of…
Resource Guide: Fire & Explosions
This guide provides an assertive, step-by-step overview of fire & explosion lawsuits – from understanding what qualifies as a case, to navigating the legal process, to securing fair compensation. It is nationwide in scope and geared toward victims of severe…
Videos & Podcasts
Court Radio with Dean Weitzman featuring Ian Norris
On this episode of Court Radio, Dean spoke with attorney Ian Norris of McEldrew Purtell about protecting vulnerable loved ones from nursing home neglect and funeral home negligence.
Investing in the Future with Dan Purtell
What happens when a trial lawyer decides to stop doing everything himself? In this episode, Dan Purtell reveals how letting go transformed his firm from five people to sixty—and why saying no to the wrong cases made room for the…
Lawyers Who Care – Dan Purtell | Personal Injury
In this episode, host Andrew Samalin sits down with Dan Purtell, founding partner and lead trial attorney at McEldrew Purtell in Philadelphia. Dan shares a powerful story from early in his career...
The Business of Law: Dan Purtell
McEldrew Purtell founder Dan Purtell joins Hire an Esquire to discuss redefining roles, embracing hybrid work, and developing an end-to-end data workflow so attorneys can go deeper on fewer, bigger cases.
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).
