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An investigation by the Buildings Department is already underway. What led up to this accident is telling. Residents said that there were concerns about the stability of this machine days before the near tragic accident. Reports indicate that some locals even told the...
If you are trying to determine your rights as an independent contractor, it may feel like you are involved in a strenuous wrestling match. What? Let Us Explain Professional wrestlers are involved in a demanding profession that combines the rigors of high-impact...
People are stunned reading the details of the Peter Liang juror misconduct hearing but trial lawyers deal with the uncertainties of jury selection every day. Courtroom results are often dictated by how successful one side or the other is during jury selection. Jury...
5 people were injured after a marked police car from the 113th precinct and a food delivery truck collided in a violent crash on a residential street in South Ozone Park. The accident made for some newspaper-like fodder with tabloids like the New York Post using the...
In New York City and throughout the entire United States we have laws in place to protect people from needless injury and hold negligent parties accountable for causing injuries. Unfortunately, we also have a pervasive belief by many that suing to recover financial...
When announcing the launch of the Vision Zero initiative, Mayor Bill de Blasio said "We will save lives. That work begins in earnest today." At Block O'Toole & Murphy, we have written frequently about fatal accidents and how they pertain to Vision Zero. This begs...
21 year-old Alex Santizo, a construction worker, fell to his death in a tragic Brooklyn construction accident. The accident occurred in the quiet Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park (pictured below). How did this fatal construction accident unfold? Santizo was...
It should come as no surprise that traumatic brain injuries are a common type of injury sustained by construction workers. After all, we have grown accustomed to hearing about workers who fall 25 or more feet or stories about someone getting hit by a steel beam as it...
