A bus bound for New York City from Washington, D.C., crashed into a guard rail on Interstate 95, putting five injured people in the hospital. The bus, operated by the discount line Megabus, drove onto the right should and hit the guardrail a little after 3:30 PM,...
Month: April 2014
Lukasz Stolarski Dies in NYC Construction Accident
A construction worker fell 13 stories to his death last week at a building site at 424 West 33rd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in Manhattan. The New York City Department of Buildings has found more than 40 open violations at the site. The 34-year-old man,...
Lukasz Stolarski Killed in Construction Fall at Dangerous Worksite
The New York attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy continue to follow a tragic construction accident that killed 34 year-old worker Lukasz Stolarski. Below are a few more details. Lukasz Stolarski, a Brooklyn resident, was killed a week ago after a construction site...
DOT Hopes to Prevent Pedestrian Accidents With Changes
The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) is taking steps to make the intersection of Broadway and 96th Street in Manhattan safer for pedestrians. Two fatal pedestrian accidents occurred last year on the same day and within a few blocks of each other and...
OSHA May Take Over AZ Workplace Safety
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the state of Arizona to fix its state law to conform to OSHA construction safety standards. In a recent letter to the Industrial Commission of Arizona, OSHA said that the law that requires fall...
Fatal Construction Accident in Manhattan
The New York City personal injury lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP, are following the story of a construction worker who tragically died yesterday, April 13, 2014, at 3:30 p.m. after falling from the roof of an office building near Penn Station located at...
Captain Faulted in NYC Ferry Accident
The captain of a New York City ferry was identified as being responsible for a 2013 crash while attempting to dock in lower Manhattan. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated the accident, which caused personal injury to 70 out of the 331...
Metro North Deadly Train Accident Prompts Jersey Safety Review
New Jersey Transit recently approved spending $500,000 to hire an outside consultant to review workplace safety practices and procedures. The need for this review became evident in the wake of the Metro North accident last year that killed four and injured dozens more...
Workplace Safety: We Have a Long Way to Go
The New York lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy have been fighting for injured construction workers for decades. Often, as part of their work, they encounter figures that are illustrative of our collective failures when it comes to worker safety. As a society, we...
April is ‘Distracted Driving Month’-Why Everyone Should Be Paying Attention
The New York personal injury attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy have been talking about distracted driving for a long time. It goes without saying that texting and cell phone use behind the wheel significantly increases a driver's risk of crashing. One momentary...
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