News & Investigations
Toxic Exposure Claims: Identifying the Right Liability Theory
Toxic exposures can cause life-altering injuries. The source may be a defective product, an unsafe workplace, a leaking facility, a mislabeled container, or a chemical release that reaches homes, schools, or nearby businesses. The legal claim depends on where the…
Growing New York City Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Raises Questions About Preventable Cooling Tower Failures
A growing Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on New York City’s Upper East Side has sickened at least 56 people, sending dozens to the hospital and triggering one of the city’s largest public health investigations of the year. Health officials are racing…
Faulty Kitchen Appliances Can Cause Fires, Burns, and Wrongful Death
Families can suffer serious burns, smoke inhalation, and catastrophic fire damage from a kitchen appliance that was supposed to be safe on the counter, under the cabinet, or inside the home. Air fryers, dishwashers, microwaves, toasters, ranges, and other appliances…
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks Can Cause Serious Neurologic Injuries and Life-Threatening Infections
When a dural injury results in Cerebrospinal Fluid leak after an epidural injection, lumbar puncture, spinal cord stimulator insertion, spine procedure, or another intervention near the dura, the consequences can be debilitating and life-threatening. Patients may suffer severe migraines, brain…
Resource Guides
Brochure: Referral Partner Network
Partner with McEldrew Purtell for catastrophic injury and wrongful death referrals, co-counsel support, rapid response investigations, and trial-ready litigation resources.
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.
Videos & Podcasts
Why Some Firms Choose Depth Over Volume
Dan Purtell joins Alex Woods on her show, Between the Lines, for a conversation about why McEldrew Purtell focuses on catastrophic plaintiff work.
The Deep Dive: Wrongful Convictions and Cheesesteaks
Dan Purtell joins In Depth With Deon Osborne alongside Antoinette Jones of the Julius Jones Institute for a conversation about wrongful convictions.
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…
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).