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On February 21, 2014, a worker was injured when he fell off of a scaffold at a construction site in Manhattan. The unidentified worker was injured because he was not afforded the proper safety equipment and was not trained at all. We hope the injured victim makes a...
A worker who fell about 25 feet from the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City miraculously landed on his feet and broke no bones, according to officials. Witnesses said the construction accident occurred when the man fell feet first to a ramp closed because of the ongoing...
New York City trial lawyers Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP are following the tragic death of Gedalia Gruntzweig, a 25 year old rabbinical student who was run over and killed by a New York City garbage truck on Sunday morning just after 9 a.m. at the intersection of...
The New York personal injury lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP are following the tragic and disturbing story of a carbon monoxide leak on Saturday at a Legal Sea Foods restaurant located in the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington Station, a popular Long Island...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) will review OSHA's voluntary workplace violence prevention guidelines. This is a development of particular interest to healthcare workers, as half of all non-fatal workplace violence injuries occur in healthcare and social...
The attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy have, in the past, commended New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for prioritizing traffic deaths early on in his administration. He boldly outlined a plan to reduce traffic fatalities to zero. Bold? Absolutely.New York City...
The New York City attorneys Block O'Toole & Murphy continue to follow the tragic snow plow accident that took the life of pregnant 36 year-old mother Min Lin.Additional details have emerged about the tragedy that unfolded yesterday at the Fei Long Market on...
Authorities have reported that William Pena, an MTA bus driver, was killed and two people were critically injured when a New York City bus and a box truck collided in Greenwich Village. Fire officials say two other people suffered minor injuries in the bus accident,...
It didn't happen in New York City, and the attorneys at Block O'Toole & Murphy hope that the U.S. laws protecting workers are strong enough that something like this will never occur. A Brazilian worker helping construct a stadium for the World Cup that begins in...
The Wall Street Journal published a story on the epidemic of fatal pedestrian accidents focused on the startling reluctance on the NYPD to bring charges against those who kill with their vehicles. In both New York City and the state, drivers who cause a death seldom...
