IN THE NEWS
Gas Stations Become a Magnet for Violence in Philadelphia
On March 22, Rasheen Naseeb Robinson pulled his car into the Liberty gas station in East Kensington and stopped in its convenience store. When he back to his car, a gunman shot him five times, including once in the head. He died minutes later.
On August 14 Alexander Vincent Ott stopped at the Gulf station in Wynnefield, a leafy neighborhood just inside the city’s western border. But while Ott was pumping gas, a gunman shot him multiple times in the back, killing him instantly.
The unsolved murders of Robinson and Ott are among 9 killings committed at Philadelphia gas stations in 2021 and so far this year. That’s up from zero such homicides in 2018, 2019, and 2020, police said. > Read More
Philadelphia Gas Station Owner Hires Armed Agents to Patrol Property
The owner of a North Philadelphia gas station says he took security measures into his own hands to keep his customers and employees safe.
Neil Patel hired a private security company, Pennsylvania State Agents, to patrol his KARCO gas station at Broad and Clearfield streets three weeks ago, and now he has a daily armed presence with at least two agents on the premise nightly.
“We’re Pennsylvania State Agents and we’re not security. Basically, what we do is security details when the public calls upon us when the police can’t be there,” explained Andre Boyer. > Read More
ABOUT OUR FIRM
The Victims’ Recovery Law Center was founded in July of 2007 by David P. Thiruselvam, under its previous name, The Law Offices of David P. Thiruselvam LLC. Mr. Thiruselvam began his legal career as a public defender in Philadelphia before becoming a highly-successful house counsel for an insurance company, until he realized his true calling as an advocate for crime victims and individuals who have suffered catastrophic personal injury.
When the firm first started accepting crime victims as clients, there were only a few law firms who represented crime victims in civil cases. Since opening its doors in July of 2007, this firm has become one of the area’s prominent law firms dedicated to representing victims of crime in civil cases. Since 2017, this multi-attorney practice has included Keith Thomas West, an experienced trial attorney and former judicial clerk who has handled many complex lawsuits on behalf of crime victims and catastrophically injured plaintiffs.
The Victims’ Recovery Law Center has often accepted cases on behalf of severely injured victims that were previously declined by several of the area’s major law firms, usually because these firms lacked the expertise necessary to provide compensation for victims of crime. However, our firm has successfully resolved almost all of these previously-rejected cases in the clients’ favor, often with a substantial settlement or jury verdict. A typical case that this firm was able to handle successfully after it was rejected by many other firms was the case of a
single father who was shot in the face by the local drug dealer when he exited his apartment building to get his son some pizza. Although the five law firms that rejected this case told the client they were sorry for what happened to him but unable to help, we successfully filed suit against the management company of the apartment building for allowing the drug dealer to ply his trade and terrorize the residents, and settled the case for a substantial, confidential seven-figure amount.
In addition to many shooting cases, we have successfully represented our clients in cases involving victims of professional malpractice, sexual assault, the abuse of minors, sex-trafficking, alcohol service and over-intoxication, murder, arson, fraud, terrorism, police excessive force, inadequate security, civil rights violations, nuisance properties, property collapse, assault and battery, whistleblowers, and involving corporations, governments, and religious institutions that have permitted abuse, and many more.
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