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Cement trucks were involved in two recent serious trucking accidents recently. On January 18, a woman on the upper East Side of Manhattan was hit by a cement truck, severing her leg. The second truck accident occurred in the Bronx on January 20 when a driver lost...
Pedestrian accidents continue to be a focus of the New York City Police Department. In the past, the lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy have monitored how the N.Y.P.D. has approached the problem and shared our thoughts with you, the readers.Too often in the last...
Is bridge and ramp design an issue with the Queensbury bridge in New York City? It is beginning to appear that there are problems with the entrances and exits to the bridge. Last week, for the fifth time in two years, a car accident occurred on the bridge. A vehicle...
Construction in New York City isn't going to slow any time soon, according to Mayor Bill DeBlasio. Projects in the pipeline will continue. These include a Whole Foods in Harlem and moves by high end retailers to Hudson Yards. The construction at the World Trade Center...
The recent chemical spill that made the drinking water supply unsafe for hundreds of thousands of people in West Virginia illustrates a fundamental challenge when trying to prevent workplace accidents: People don't wish to report workplace safety violations because...
The lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy have long been chronicling the need for sharper focus on and attention to traffic crashes. There has been an unprecedented rash of collisions in New York City in the past few years, leading to cries for systemic change. The...
73-year-old Alexander Shear was beloved as a true New York City treasure, known for his vast antique collection and infectious personality. Tragically, he is now also known as a person who lost their life in another New York City pedestrian accident.Shear's life was...
Doctor Samantha Lee was killed on Manhattan's upper-west side over the weekend in yet another pedestrian accident. Dr. Lee, a 26-year-old anesthesiologist resident at the Columbia University Medical Center, was struck and killed right in front of the building where...
The electronics retail giant Best Buy has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for a workplace safety violation -- having a blocked emergency exit at its Brooklyn store at 625 Atlantic Avenue. The agency conducted an investigation...
The lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy have been saying it for some time now: Something has to change with the way we are seeking to prevent and prosecute pedestrian traffic crashes. Why? Nearly 400 pedestrians have lost their lives since 2012 in New York City....
