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The New York City lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy are following a very serious construction accident that took place in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn today.1916 Prospect Place in Brooklyn was a 3 story building that was under demolition. The vacant...
As reported in DNAInfo, families and friends of people killed in pedestrian accidents rallied at City Hall last Sunday to announce a new advocacy group. Called Families for Safe Streets, the organization will push for rapid implementation of Mayor Bill de Blasio's...
On February 21, 2014, a worker was injured when he fell off of a scaffold at a construction site in Manhattan. The unidentified worker was injured because he was not afforded the proper safety equipment and was not trained at all. We hope the injured victim makes a...
A worker who fell about 25 feet from the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City miraculously landed on his feet and broke no bones, according to officials. Witnesses said the construction accident occurred when the man fell feet first to a ramp closed because of the ongoing...
A driver who killed a 25-year-old pedestrian in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn will not be ticketed or charged, according to NYPD, according to Streetsblog. The young man, originally from the Urkraine, was a rabbinical student at a Yeshiva in New Jersey....
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA) has identified the top ten workplace safety violations in 2013 throughout the United States. The top 10 increased by 45 percent over 2012. A private company that consults with businesses recommends strategies for...
The New York personal injury lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP are following the tragic and disturbing story of a carbon monoxide leak on Saturday at a Legal Sea Foods restaurant located in the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington Station, a popular Long Island...
New York City trial lawyers Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP are following the tragic death of Gedalia Gruntzweig, a 25 year old rabbinical student who was run over and killed by a New York City garbage truck on Sunday morning just after 9 a.m. at the intersection of...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) will review OSHA's voluntary workplace violence prevention guidelines. This is a development of particular interest to healthcare workers, as half of all non-fatal workplace violence injuries occur in healthcare and social...
Last week, two traffic fatalities occurred on the same day. The incident that has received the most publicity involved a drunk driver and an MTA bus. The driver of the bus, William Pena, died when he was ejected from the bus after the driver slammed into the bus with...
