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The Law Firm of Block O’Toole & Murphy attained four of Top Verdict’s 2020 Top 50 Personal Injury Settlements in the United States, the highest number of Top 50 results achieved by any law firm in the country. Top Verdict is a legal publication that honors law...
On August 28th, 2021, 23-year-old Vincent Lucchese was fatally electrocuted while working at a commercial recycling plant in Staten Island. The incident is currently being investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). At approximately 1:40...
The firm is proud to announce that Partner Stephen Murphy has been selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers®, for the category Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs in New York City. The awards are bestowed annually to one distinguished...
57 people were injured on Saturday, August 14, 2021 when their tour bus ran off the New York State Thruway and rolled over, according to Syracuse.com. The single-vehicle accident occurred around 12:40 pm, when the bus overturned on the westbound side of the NYS...
Two workers were seriously injured in a construction site collapse on Friday, July 30, 2021. The incident occurred at 439 Lincoln Road in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood in Brooklyn, where a two-story building was to be demolished and turned into a...
For the twelfth year in a row, Block O’Toole & Murphy has achieved multiple top results in the New York Law Journal’s 2020 report on the Top Verdicts and Settlements. Usually, the publication recognizes the top results in New York State alone, but this year they...
Partner David Scher recently started a new position as Second Vice President with the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA). After one year serving as Parliamentarian, he was installed as Second Vice President on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at NYSTLA’s 54th...
Four people were injured when a Department of Correction (DOC) bus jumped the curb and smashed into scaffolding in downtown Brooklyn on July 1, 2021. The incident happened at around 5:10pm on Johnson Street, near Jay Street. The driver of the bus, who was also a...
A construction worker was seriously injured after he fell down a 14-foot hole at a construction site in Suffolk County, Long Island on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. The reason why the man fell down the hole is unknown; it was reported that the accident occurred around 2:00...
A tragic accident occurred on the evening of June 29th, 2021, when a 71-year-old cyclist was struck and killed by a U.S. Postal Service truck on the Upper West Side. The accident was reported around 5:30 p.m. Police say the cyclist was traveling northbound on Central...
