Referral & Co-Counsel Support for Serious Injury and Wrongful Death Cases
Have a catastrophic injury or wrongful death case that needs additional litigation resources? Download our referral partner brochure to learn how McEldrew Purtell supports attorneys and firms through referral and co-counsel partnerships, rapid response investigation, early expert development, and trial-focused case strategy.
Brochure: Community Legal Network
Justice for Families. Power for Communities.
McEldrew Purtell is a Philadelphia trial firm that stands with families and communities facing catastrophic injury, wrongful death, civil rights violations, and wrongful convictions. With deep trial experience, rapid-response capability, and a community-rooted approach, the firm fights hospitals, corporations, institutions, and government entities that cause life-altering harm. From medical malpractice and trucking crashes to nursing home neglect, gun violence, industrial disasters, and PCRA matters, McEldrew Purtell pursues accountability with urgency, compassion, and a trial-ready mindset.
Practice Area Overview: Transportation Accidents
When big vehicles hit, we go bigger on accountability.
When a truck, commercial vehicle, or rideshare is involved in a crash, the most serious harm often falls on people in smaller vehicles. This practice area overview explains the transportation accident cases we handle, trucking accidents, commercial vehicle collisions, rideshare crashes, corporate negligence/safety violations, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death, 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: Maritime & Jones Act
From deck to courtroom, built for maritime cases.
When a catastrophic injury happens at sea, the rules are different, and employers often move fast to control the narrative. This practice area overview explains the Maritime & Jones Act cases we handle (Jones Act negligence, unseaworthiness, maintenance & cure disputes, vessel collisions/groundings, overboard events, offshore and tug/barge catastrophes, fires/explosions, and maritime wrongful death) 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
When trust is broken, we pursue answers.
When a loved one enters a nursing home or assisted living facility, your family deserves safe, dignified care, not preventable harm. This practice area overview explains the nursing home abuse and neglect cases we handle, from pressure injuries, falls, dehydration/malnutrition, and medication errors to elopement/wandering, infections/sepsis, choking events, and unexplained injury or death, 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: Civil Rights
When safety gets cut, we rebuild the truth.
Civil rights violations can devastate families and communities, and accountability is often hard-won. This practice area overview explains the civil rights cases we handle, including excessive force and police shootings, in-custody injury and denial of medical care, and wrongful convictions. It lets you meet the team you’ll be working with, so you know who’s building your case from day one.
Practice Area Overview: Construction & Workplace
When safety gets cut, we rebuild the truth.
Construction is one of the most dangerous industries, and catastrophic injuries often happen when contractors, property owners, or manufacturers cut safety corners. This practice area overview explains our focus on third-party and product liability jobsite claims beyond workers’ comp, including falls (scaffolds/ladders/roof work), crane/rigging failures, trenching and structural collapse, electrical/LOTO and machine guarding, PIT/forklift incidents, toxic exposures, defective tools/safety products, premises hazards, and caught-in/between crush injuries, and lets you meet the team you’ll be working with from day one.
Practice Area Overview: Medical Malpractice
When care falls short, we hold the system accountable.
When preventable medical mistakes cause catastrophic injury or wrongful death, patients and families deserve answers. This practice area overview explains the medical malpractice cases we handle, including misdiagnosis/delayed diagnosis, surgical errors, anesthesia errors, hospital negligence, medication/pharmacy errors, and failure to treat, 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: Prenatal, Birth & Neonatal
Protecting newborns. Fighting for families.
When medical negligence harms a newborn, families deserve answers and resources for lifelong care. This practice area overview explains the prenatal, birth, and neonatal cases we handle (including cerebral palsy/HIE, delayed C-sections, shoulder dystocia injuries, kernicterus, newborn infections/sepsis, and wrongful death) 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: Premises Liability, Negligent Security & Dram Shop
Safety isn’t optional, and neither is accountability.
When a property owner, business, or alcohol-serving establishment ignores basic safety duties, preventable harm follows. This practice area overview explains the cases we handle including violent crime on property, security failures, unsafe conditions, code violations, deferred maintenance, overserving, and service to minors, and lets you meet the team you’ll be working with, so you know who’s building your case from day one.
