$2,000,000 Settlement for Carpenter Injured in Lower East Side Construction Accident A 42-year-old carpenter was at work at a construction site in Lower Manhattan. He and a coworker were raising a wooden form when unexpectedly, his coworker dropped it, causing...
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Construction Accident Attorneys Debate What ‘Falls’ Within Labor Law Section 240(1)
CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS DEBATE WHAT 'FALLS' WITHIN LABOR LAW SECTION 240(1) The New York Law Journal 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...
Construction Accident Case Results
Construction Accident Case Results Top Verdicts and Settlements for Injured Workers in New York The construction accident attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy have recovered landmark verdicts and settlements, including $110 million and $53.5 million jury verdicts...
Construction Worker Edgar Pazmino Fatally Injured in Forklift Accident
A construction worker in Jamaica, Queens was crushed to death by a forklift on a construction site which was under an active Stop Work Order (SWO) due to multiple safety violations. Edgar Pazmino, a 34-year-old immigrant from Ecuador, was standing on the back of a...
Deadly Construction Accidents Inspire Renewed Efforts to Pass Carlos’ Law
After the sad deaths of 2 construction workers in New York City, Assemblyman Francisco Moya is pressing lawmakers to pass a construction safety law. The proposed bill is called "Carlos' Law". It is named after deceased construction worker Carlos Moncayo, who died in a...
Ladder Accident Prevention Is Critical At All Construction Sites
There are approximately 300 people every year who die in ladder accidents. That is a staggering statistic and there are countless others who sustained serious injuries in ladder accidents at construction sites. Many of these tragedies can be avoided if a culture of...
Dominick Deluca, Construction Worker, Killed in NYC Scaffold Accident
Dominick Deluca, a construction worker from Dover, New Jersey, fell from scaffolding and plummeted to his death yesterday at a Bronx construction site. Deluca was working in a public housing development located on Webster Avenue in the Bronx. He fell from a 15-foot...
Construction Accident Attorneys Comment on Safety Violations Issued To Turner Construction
The attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy are frequently asked about the causes of New York construction accidents. Generally, the perception is that the accidents are confined to smaller, non-union jobs. The bigger companies, the theory goes, are not the culprits...
Construction Worker Hurt in Westhampton Beach Site Fall
On the morning of March 1, 2022, a construction worker was injured at a residential construction site in Westhampton Beach, NY when he fell through a hole in the floor. Thankfully, the worker did not sustain life-threatening injuries and he is reportedly in stable...
Construction Worker Dies in Fall From Roof in Brooklyn
A construction worker was tragically killed on Thursday, May 27, 2021 when he fell from the roof of a building he was working on in Brooklyn. He was breaking apart a section of the roof when the floor collapsed under him. A bystander who saw the accident said that “he...
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