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by Block O'Toole & Murphy | Jul 30, 2021 | Blog, Construction & Work Injuries
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...
by Block O'Toole & Murphy | Jul 20, 2021 | Firm News
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...
by Block O'Toole & Murphy | Jul 9, 2021 | Firm News
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...
by Block O'Toole & Murphy | Jul 1, 2021 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
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...
by Block O'Toole & Murphy | Jun 30, 2021 | Construction & Work Injuries
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...
by Block O'Toole & Murphy | Jun 30, 2021 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
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...
by Block O'Toole & Murphy | May 28, 2021 | Construction & Work Injuries
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...
by Block O'Toole & Murphy | May 24, 2021 | Construction & Work Injuries
In the second fatal construction accident in New York in four days, a 32-year-old construction worker was tragically killed after he fell four stories from a scaffold on the sixth floor of a Queens building where he was working. The worker, who has been identified as...
by Block O’Toole & Murphy | May 19, 2021 | Blog
A horrifying accident occurred the morning of May 19, 2021 when an elevator suddenly dropped four stories to the ground, killing a construction supervisor and seriously injuring another worker. The incident happened around 8:15 a.m. at 20 Bruckner Blvd. in Mott Haven....
by Block O’Toole & Murphy | May 10, 2021 | Construction & Work Injuries
At least one law enforcement officer was injured in an elevator collapse in Brooklyn on Monday, May 10, 2021. The freight elevator was holding approximately two dozen federal and local law enforcement officials. The accident occurred around 10:00 a.m., in a building...
