Joseph A. Slobodzian
Philly.com
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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'I'm not angry,' says Mariya Plekan, 5 years after losing legs in Salvation Army building collapse
June 5 is the date when Mariya Plekan exchanged her identity - Ukrainian immigrant, widow, mother of two, grandmother - for the title of "Miracle on Market Street," the last survivor pulled from the thrift store rubble. → Read More
Dimitrius Brown convicted of lesser murder count in shooting of boy, 14
An excerpt will come. - Joseph A. Slobodzian, Julie Shaw, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News → Read More
Bucks DA: Remains of multiple bodies found buried
The prosecutor released the news at a midnight news conference after a day of increasing scrutiny on 20-year-old Cosmo DiNardo. - Justine McDaniel, Laura McCrystal, Joseph A. Slobodzian, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News → Read More
Philly politico Renee Tartaglione guilty on all charges
It took a federal court jury just four hours to reach its verdict. → Read More
Plaintiffs' lawyers to jury in collapse trial: Hold everyone responsible
Just two people were criminally convicted and sentenced to prison for their roles in the 2013 Center City building collapse that killed six people and injured 13 inside a Salvation Army thrift store. → Read More
After 11 weeks of testimony, Phila. collapse trial recesses until Jan. 3
Lawyers for the Salvation Army and their courtroom opponents called a holiday truce in the 11-week-old civil trial of lawsuits from the deadly 2013 building collapse that crushed a Salvation Army thrift store in Center City. → Read More
Expert who led 9/11 probe testifies Center City collapse 'entirely preventable'
THE STRUCTURAL engineer who won acclaim for his postmortem probe of the 2001 collapse of the World Trade Center towers told a Philadelphia jury Wednesday the deadly 2013 Center City building collapse was "an entirely preventable accident." → Read More
Sprague hired Castille to monitor courtroom manners in Center City collapse civil trial
At last it can be revealed: Ronald D. Castille is monitoring courtroom manners. On Wednesday, a day after the retired Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice confirmed he was consulting for the defense in the civil trial in the deadly 2013 Center City building collapse, veteran Philadelphia lawyer Richard A. Sprague disclosed Castille's mission. → Read More
Top aide to Basciano says collapse unexpected: they trusted demolition architect
Salvation Army officials called him "obnoxious," "pushy" and said he and his associates "would not know the truth if it slapped them in the face." - Joseph A. Slobodzian, Philadelphia Inquirer → Read More
Salvation Army store manager says boss told her not to worry about collapse danger
The manager of the Salvation Army thrift store crushed in the deadly 2013 demolition building collapse told a Philadelphia jury Thursday that she feared what was happening next door but was assured by her boss that "it's OK, don't worry about it." → Read More
Collapse trial jury gets 2 weeks off; returns Nov. 15
Newspapers are out. So are television or radio news, the internet and social media. And don't even think of talking about it to your family, friends, or coworkers. → Read More
Retail expert: Salvation Army contributed to casualties in 2013 building collapse
The Salvation Army contributed to the casualties in the deadly 2013 collapse that crushed its Center City thrift store by failing to consider its customers' safety, an expert in retail store management testified Tuesday. → Read More
Expert: architects for Salvation Army, demolition site, failed to protect public
An architect and expert witness told a Philadelphia jury Tuesday that architects for the Salvation Army and New York real estate speculator Richard Basciano failed in their professional responsibility to protect the public in the deadly 2013 Center City building collapse. → Read More
Collapse trial witness: Salvation Army officials dithered on closing thrift store during demolition
A former Salvation Army dispatcher in Philadelphia told a Common Pleas Court jury Tuesday that "petty bickering" and an autocratic administrator prevented action that could have saved those killed in the 2013 collapse that buried the charity's Center City thrift store. → Read More
Lawyer: N.Y. owner of collapse site not liable for crushed Salvation Army store
The lawyer for New York real estate speculator Richard Basciano said Monday that the 91-year-old bore no legal responsibility for the deadly 2013 building collapse that killed six people and injured 13 inside a Salvation Army store in Center City. → Read More
Lawyer for 2013 building collapse victims: 'Salvation Army failed them all'
Only two people were criminally charged, convicted, and sentenced for causing the deadly 2013 collapse that crushed the Salvation Army thrift store in Center City. → Read More
Lynne Abraham can relate to Hillary Clinton: 'The same thing happened to me'
The candidate was a woman of a certain age in a hard-fought campaign, and when she fainted in public, the pundits - mostly men - were unrelenting. → Read More
Jury selection begins in Salvation Army collapse civil trial
Sometime Tuesday morning, 120 Philadelphians will be led into City Hall's Courtroom 253, where a judge and lawyers will select 12 jurors to decide who - if anyone - should pay the victims and survivors of the most epic municipal disaster since the 1985 MOVE bombing. → Read More
Architect with immunity is focus of hearing in building collapse civil case
Within hours of the June 5, 2013, collapse that crushed a Salvation Army thrift store in Center City, killing six people and injuring 13, Philadelphia architect Plato A. Marinakos Jr. had a lawyer. → Read More
Seven years later, strip-club manager's fatal punch yields a prison sentence
Almost seven years after James Koons died from a punch to the head, a Philadelphia judge sentenced the manager of the Southwest Philadelphia strip club who threw that punch to 71/2 to 15 years in prison. → Read More