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Car accidents caused by drunk drivers are all too frequent, and pedestrians and other drivers injured by drunk drivers need to determine their legal options in the aftermath of an accident. Fortunately, no one was hurt in a recent crash in Yonkers caused by a drunk...
When celebrities are involved in motor vehicle accidents, the media pays more attention. This unfortunate fact is exemplified by the recent horrific accident in which comic Tracy Morgan were seriously injured in a truck crash on the New Jersey Turnpike this past...
Authorities have released the name of the worker who was killed in a frightening crane accident in New Jersey. Jorge Giraldo, 50, was trapped inside the overturned crane in Newark Bay and drowned. Our hearts go out to his family and friends. The accident occurred last...
The attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy are following a deadly crane accident that occurred today in Newark, New Jersey. The Newark Fire Department, the U.S. Coast Guard and other emergency response agencies continue efforts to pull a massive excavating crane out...
Last week, the New York City Council considered several bills designed to improve pedestrian safety on the streets of New York. Last month, eight pedestrians were killed in accidents in New York. Mayor de Blasio has vowed to stop the carnage with his Vision Zero plan....
The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, announced an effort to prevent accidents around the Tappan Zee Bridge construction zone. There are around 90 construction vessels in the Hudson River in Westchester County under and near the bridge at any one time, making the...
The attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy represent injured workers, which is no surprise to any of our followers. Too often during the heated discussions concerning New York's scaffold law, the rhetoric loses sight of the actual workers. In a recent article that...
The attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP are following a horrific construction accident that unfolded Thursday at an ongoing project at 45-45 42nd Street in the Sunnyside section of Queens. The project, when completed, is supposed to be a public school....
One construction worker has been killed and another injured in a tragic Queens construction accident. The accident occurred earlier this morning at 45-45 42nd Street in the Sunnyside section of Queens. Reports indicate that the accident happened during the...
Jose Duran, a 35 year-old married father to three children, was killed in a freak truck accident on the Cross Bronx Expressway early yesterday morning. Duran, a truck driver from Springfield, Massachusetts, was driving west on the Cross Bronx Expressway near the...
