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NEW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Drawing inspiration from the courtrooms of Hollywood, a state judge in Brooklyn excoriated a commercial automobile insurer on Monday for not being able to "handle the truth" of its bad faith during a 2006 lawsuit that resulted in a $2.25...
A construction worker has died after he accidentally fell through the ceiling of a church on the Upper West Side. An investigation will determine whether the unidentified man, who was standing on a ladder prior to the fall, was electrocuted. The man fell approximately...
Scaffolding fell from a building on West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem, hitting a bus and injuring 17 people, according to the New York Times. The five-story brick building was being demolished when bricks fell and caused the scaffolding to...
Block O’Toole & Murphy is pleased to welcome Christina Mark as the newest attorney to join the firm. Christina had previously worked as a legal intern for the firm the previous summer, and was hired as an associate in September. She has served as an intern...
A Gerace Construction worker was killed when the crane he was operating tipped into a gorge and ensnared him, according to the Wall Street Journal. The victim, Douglas Fitzmaurice of Wolcott, was moving the crane from one side of the spillway to the other. Rescue...
The FDA is proposing stricter regulations for transvaginal mesh products used in the repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP), according to the Wall Street Journal. A document on the agency's website announced that the "rate and severity" of POP mesh complications in...
The New York construction accident lawyers at Block O Toole & Murphy are happy to announce that justice has been achieved for another client, an electrician helper who suffered a work-related fall. On August 19, a jury saw fit to award our client, a 45-year-old...
The New York personal injury lawyers at Block O'Toole and Murphy are proud to announce that they have recovered a settlement of $1.5 million in a trip and fall lawsuit in the Bronx. The premises liability matter concerned a resident of an apartment building who...
The New York personal injury lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy are pleased to announce that their success in handling accident and injury claims has garnered them recognition in New York Magazine's Top Verdicts and Settlements for 2010. In the June 27th to July...
The New York personal injury and auto accident lawyers at Block O'Toole and Murphy have been asked to handle a Queens pedestrian accident case that has received a fair amount of media coverage. A woman was hit by a van as the result of a motor vehicle collision. The...
