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by Block O’Toole & Murphy | May 5, 2021 | Wrongful Death
A Long Island resident was tragically killed after he was hit by a FedEx tractor trailer on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The incident, which occurred at around 11:30 pm in Ronkonkoma, involved two separate collisions. 29-year-old Neville Stephan was driving a 2018 Honda...
by Block O’Toole & Murphy | May 5, 2021 | Blog
A worker was killed in a terrible tragedy on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 when the trench he was working in collapsed, burying him under 10 feet of dirt. The unidentified worker, who was originally from Connecticut, had been working on a residential construction site at 648...
by Block O’Toole & Murphy | Apr 13, 2021 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
A Brooklyn pedestrian succumbed to his injuries two days after a pole struck by an MTA bus fell on him. It all happened just after 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 8, 2021, as the bus driver was driving on Eastern Parkway near Utica Avenue when he swerved to avoid a...
by Block O’Toole & Murphy | Apr 5, 2021 | Wrongful Death
The contracting company RC Structures Inc. of Roslyn, New York is facing consequences for the careless and negligent actions that led to the tragic death of two workers in a trench collapse in January 2020. The contractor was fined a whopping $135,612 by the...
by Block O’Toole & Murphy | Apr 5, 2021 | Motor Vehicle Accidents
Two men were killed in a serious box truck crash on the eastbound side of the Long Island Expressway in Nassau County around 5:00 a.m. on Monday, April 5, 2021. This was a single-vehicle crash that involved only the box truck, which swerved off the highway and crashed...
by Block O’Toole & Murphy | Mar 23, 2021 | Construction & Work Injuries
A construction worker was tragically killed on the job when the trench he was working in collapsed. The incident occurred in the Hudson Valley town of Woodbury, New York on Monday, March 22, 2021. The 43-year-old worker, who remains unidentified, was working on the...
by Block O’Toole & Murphy | Mar 15, 2021 | Construction & Work Injuries
Ironworker Kelly Gluchowski was seriously injured after she was electrocuted while working on a construction project on Saturday, March 13, 2021. The incident occurred at the Mineola station along the Long Island Rail Road, around 9:30 a.m. Gluchowski was standing on...
by Block O’Toole & Murphy | Mar 10, 2021 | Accolades
Block O'Toole & Murphy has achieved the number one construction accident verdict in the United States for 2019, as listed by the publication Top Verdict. Top Verdict compiles their rankings based on factual results only, rather than on peer review. Additionally,...
by Block O’Toole & Murphy | Mar 7, 2021 | Wrongful Death
A pedestrian was crushed to death in a terrible accident in Brooklyn on Friday, March 5, 2021. 61-year-old Estelle Davis was struck by a backhoe (a large construction vehicle) when it backed into her and its shovel knocked her to the ground. Shocking video of the...
by Block O’Toole & Murphy | Mar 4, 2021 | Construction & Work Injuries
A woman was injured after a construction fence fell over and struck her in the head, leaving her stuck underneath a car. The incident occurred on Monday, March 1, 2021 just after 5:00 p.m., when an unidentified woman was walking past a six-story building on West 144th...
