Construction Accidents

Five workers were trapped under debris and corrugated metal when a building in Brooklyn reportedly collapsed. All five workers were rescued by the New York Fire Department, but one later died. Of the other four workers, one declined treatment and the remaining three...

The New York construction accident lawyers at Block O Toole & Murphy are happy to announce that justice has been achieved for another client, an electrician helper who suffered a work-related fall. On August 19, a jury saw fit to award our client, a 45-year-old...

On November 1, 2010, the New York Law Journal featured an article by two of Block O'Toole & Murphy's construction accident attorneys: David L. Scher and Daniel P. O'Toole. In the article, the attorneys discuss New York Labor Law Section 240(1) and which falling...

The veteran New York City construction accident lawyers at Block O Toole & Murphy, one of New York City s premier personal injury law firms, express continued sympathy for the innocent victims of the construction accidents that continue to take place in New York...

One year ago today, on March 15, 2008, New York was stunned and saddened by a deadly tower crane collapse on a high-rise construction site at East 51st Street. The massive 22-story crane crashed down and splintered apart, tragically killing six construction workers...