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The New York construction accident lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy often discuss fall protection and how important it is that everyone at a construction site embrace it. Why is it critical? Fall protection, when used appropriately, saves lives. How often is it...
The Wall Street Journal published a story on the epidemic of fatal pedestrian accidents focused on the startling reluctance on the NYPD to bring charges against those who kill with their vehicles. In both New York City and the state, drivers who cause a death seldom...
Attorneys like the trial lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy handle cases where pedestrians are struck by cars or trucks on a regular basis. For instance, we have recovered a $32,756,156 verdict, a $12,000,000 settlement and a $8,800,000 settlement on behalf of...
The lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy frequently discuss the laws that protect New York's construction workers. As lawyers we appreciate the legal and practical significance to any watering down of New York's Scaffold Law, Labor Law Section 240 . New York is the...
Upper West Side residents gathered to remember lives lost, to mourn and to demand action to make their streets safer for pedestrians. The vigil was held on the Upper West Side days after the tragedies of January 10, when two lives were lost, just half an hour apart in...
A Queens pedestrian was mowed down in another tragic New York City collision. The unidentified victim was crossing Broadway near 74th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in the Jackson Heights section of Queens around 4:40pm yesterday. The MTA bus driver was turning right...
Stanslav Chernyshov, 73, was killed when a backhoe vehicle reversed into him as it was clearing snow in Brooklyn on Monday. Mr. Chernyshov was reportedly pinned under the snow plow and sustained severe head trauma. He was rushed to Coney Island Hospital, where he was...
Although the accidents occurred in the Baltimore-Washington area, the scenarios could just as easily happen in New York City. Construction accidents can involve both road construction workers and highway maintenance workers.The Washington D.C. accident occurred on the...
A Brooklyn recycling business received a $40,500 fine for workplace safety violations because of the death of a worker who collapsed and died from excessive heat where he was working last summer.The company, Cooper Tank Recycling in Williamsburg, received citations...
In a year of high pedestrian deaths, the Borough of Queens has the highest number of fatalities in 2013. There were 46 pedestrian deaths in Queens from January through November 2013 and that doesn't even include accidents in December. Citywide, the number of fatal...
