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Just days after a Metro North worker was killed in Manhattan, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a report to Congress about the safety of that railroad, the second-largest commuter line in the United States. Although the timing was coincidental, the...
The lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy continue to bring you news about the Harlem gas explosion that rocked the neighborhood last week. The fatal blast killed 8 people and seriously injured countless others. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is now...
A recent article in Crain's New York Business points out that the media have given much attention to the faulty ignitions in General Motors cars that have caused 11 deaths throughout the United States in the past decade. It asks why isn't there as much national...
The recent gas explosion that brought down two buildings in East Harlem highlights problems with the safety of the pipes that transport natural gas - a growing source of fuel throughout the United States. Even as the use of natural gas becomes even more widespread...
The death of a 5-year-old boy in a traffic accident on Sunday has resulted in the arrest of the driver. The child was struck and killed in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn around 8:30 PM. The child was crossing the street with his mother and two other people in...
We overlooked a report on fatal pedestrian accidents in New York City that was released last spring. Titled "Pedestrian Fatalities in New York City 2009 - 2011: Preliminary Findings," much of the information is still applicable despite the data being at least three...
7 Reported Dead, 60 Injured and Many Missing A deadly explosion has rocked the East Harlem section of Manhattan, causing two buildings to collapse. At approximately 9:15 a.m., a call came into Con Edison from a resident of an adjoining building complaining of an odor...
The proportion of women in the US workforce is as high as it has ever been and is now equals the number of men. Not only are more women working, but they also have an increased choice of jobs, including those traditionally done by men, such as construction and law...
James Romansoff, 58, of Yonkers was killed while working on the elevated Metro-North tracks on Park Avenue near 106th Street in Manhattan. The lawyers from Block O'Toole & Murphy covered this tragedy yesterday with a promise to follow-up as the investigation...
Around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday March 1, 2014, a woman, later identified by police as Marisol Martinez, 21, was struck and killed by an MTA bus at the intersection of Meeker and Union Avenues in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. We profiled this tragedy earlier and...
