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On January 31, 2025, a tragic incident unfolded in Northeast Philadelphia when a Learjet 55, operating as Med Jets Flight 056, crashed shortly after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. The aircraft, en route to Tijuana International Airport with a planned refueling stop in Missouri, was a medevac flight carrying six individuals, including a young patient and her mother. Tragically, all six occupants perished in the crash. The plane struck multiple buildings and vehicles, resulting in fires and explosions that claimed the life of one person on the ground and injured at least 24 others.

Locks Law Firm is accepting birth defect cases on behalf of children suffering from low birth weight, decreased IQ, and impaired brain development and motor skills due to exposure to the herbicide Dacthal (“DCPA” or “dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate”).

On April 28, 2024, Attorney Francesca A. Iacovangelo appeared on WWDB Talk Radio's Philly Labor Show with Joe Dougherty as part of the "Pro2Pro Hour with Marla Viturello".  Discussing Locks Law Firm's origins as a firm that started by representing union workers in the Philadelphia Shipyard who were diagnosed with asbestosis.  The discussion continued with the Firm's current practice areas, including Benzene exposure, which typically manifests itself after workers have retired.  If you want to learn about Francesca and the great work that Locks Law Firm is doing, listen at the link below.

By Warren Collins & Marc P. Weingarten

“World in motion – speed your changes. Close your distances, find your angels. Lose your fears and meet your dangers.”  Jackson Browne (1989)

Introducing the Plaintiff

Partner Andrew DuPont has joined the Board of Directors of Justice for Our Neighbors of the Delaware Valley (JFON-DV) and serves as the Co-Chair of the Finance and Development Committee. 

Partner Jennifer L. Emmons represented a little girl, now 7 years old, whose arm was injured during her birth. During the delivery and after the baby's head came out, her shoulder got stuck.  This is referred to in obstetrics as a shoulder dystocia.  There was evidence that the nurse midwife, who was the only obstetrical provider at the delivery, pulled on the baby in order to free her shoulder and get her delivered. This is not an appropriate maneuver nor an appropriate technique to free a shoulder that is stuck or impacted during delivery.  The standard of medical care required the midwife to avoid using improper downward, lateral traction on the baby's head in an attempt to deliver the baby in this situation.  As a result of the force used by the midwife to deliver this baby, Ms. Emmons' client suffered a particularly severe brachial plexus injury, or Erb's Palsy injury to her right arm, resulting in the tearing and permanent disability of 3 nerves that left her arm significantly dysfunctional and disfigured.  The client was awarded $4 million dollars after a week-long arbitration.  Caroline Bar was second chair and assisted Jennifer during the trial.