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On November 8, 2011, five workers were trapped under debris and corrugated metal when a building under construction in Brooklyn collapsed. All five workers were rescued from the rubble by the New York City Fire Department. Tragically, one of the innocent workers later...
New York State's new and improved "Move Over Law" is set to go into effect on January 1, 2012. The Move Over Law has been adopted by most states around the country, requiring motorists to change lanes when certain vehicles, personnel, or incidents are present. FOX 23...
An elevator that led to a woman’s death was serviced only hours before the catastrophic accident, according to the New York Times. Tragedy struck when 41-year-old Suzanne Hart, an advertising executive at Young & Rubicon, was crushed between an elevator and...
On October 8, 2011, a horrific car accident on County Road 111 in Manorville, New York claimed the lives of a young mother and her seven-year-old son and seriously injured her four- and two-year-old children who were also passengers in the car. In the wake of this...
Block, O Toole & Murphy is pleased to announce that it has obtained a $4,475,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed after a fatal construction accident. In December 2007, a 33 year-old union ironworker foreman was working at a construction site in New York City when...
The suspect arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident that killed a Schenectady teen had a long rap sheet of driving offenses, according to police. Anthony Gallo, of Rotterdam, allegedly hit 19-year-old Cassandra Boone with his pickup truck last week...
Block O’Toole & Murphy is pleased to announce that it has obtained a $1.49 million recovery for their client in an auto accident case. The 39-year-old victim sustained serious neck and back injuries after a collision with a school bus in Brooklyn. Two of the...
Five workers were trapped under debris and corrugated metal when a building in Brooklyn reportedly collapsed. All five workers were rescued by the New York Fire Department, but one later died. Of the other four workers, one declined treatment and the remaining three...
A new bus safety study by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) finds that “curbside” buses are dangerous and need new regulations to keep them safe. The study states that the fatal accident rate for curbside carriers from January 2005 to March...
Block O'Toole & Murphy is pleased to announce that two of its attorneys have brokered a substantial $2.3 million settlement for medical negligence. The $2,300,000 settlement, the maximum available under the insurance policy, was used to purchase a structure that...
