Month: October 2011

Block O'Toole & Murphy is pleased to announce that two of its attorneys have brokered a substantial $2.3 million settlement for medical negligence. The $2,300,000 settlement, the maximum available under the insurance policy, was used to purchase a structure that...

NEW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Drawing inspiration from the courtrooms of Hollywood, a state judge in Brooklyn excoriated a commercial automobile insurer on Monday for not being able to "handle the truth" of its bad faith during a 2006 lawsuit that resulted in a $2.25...

A construction worker has died after he accidentally fell through the ceiling of a church on the Upper West Side. An investigation will determine whether the unidentified man, who was standing on a ladder prior to the fall, was electrocuted. The man fell approximately...

Scaffolding fell from a building on West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem, hitting a bus and injuring 17 people, according to the New York Times. The five-story brick building was being demolished when bricks fell and caused the scaffolding to...