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Insurer Can’t ‘Handle the Truth’ in Bad-Faith Case: Judge

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...

Rochester Crane Collapse Results in Death of Operator

A Gerace Construction worker was killed when the crane he was operating tipped into a gorge and ensnared him, according to the Wall Street Journal. The victim, Douglas Fitzmaurice of Wolcott, was moving the crane from one side of the spillway to the other. Rescue...

Another Staten Island Ferry Crash Haunts Innocent New Yorkers

It is unlikely that there are any New Yorkers who are not aware of the Staten Island Ferry crash of October 15, 2003, which claimed the lives of 11 people and injured 70 others. On that date, the Staten Island Ferry vessel Andrew J. Barberi slammed full-speed into a...

Joseph Donahue Quoted in Newsday About Seaford Boating Accident Case

By BILL BLEYERAs darkness fell Oct. 4, George Canni steered his high-performance Hustler speedboat up the winding Great Island Channel south of Seaford as his friend Joseph Sugamele trained a spotlight looking for navigation buoys marking the way.As the boat skimmed...

Massapequa Family Devastated by Tragic Boating Accident

On Sunday October 4, 2009, the lives of a Long Island family were turned upside down as a result of a senseless and catastrophic boating accident in the Great Island Channel, in Seaford, New York. Two of the victims, a mother and father of four children, were...

Local Man Awarded Record Verdict

Suffolk County Jury awarded 60 year old Vietnam War veteran Jimmy Dunne a $32.7 million in damages for serious brain damage he suffered when he was struck by a car driven by a drug-impaired driver. It is the said to be the largest non-medical malpractice personal...

O’Toole Secures Settlement for Ferry Crash Victim, Reports NY Post

Laura Diaz, 41, who was injured in the Staten Island ferry crash, has reached a $1.125 million settlement. This is the largest settlement in the city to date. Ms. Diaz suffered a broken leg and pelvis when Andrew J. Barberi crashed into a pier near the St. George...

Jeffrey Block Obtains Settlement for Victim in Suit vs. Great Adventure

Six Flags Great Adventure has agreed to pay $750,000 to Betty Golembeski, 45 who was injured on a ride at its Hurricane Harbor water park. Ms. Golembeski from Brooklyn, sued after suffering neck and knee injuries on the 621-foot Big Bambu slide at the Jackson, NJ park...

Jeffrey Block & Daniel O’Toole Redefining Bad Faith in New York

New York trial attorneys Jeffrey Block and Daniel O'Toole obtained a $1.8 million settlement for a victim of bad faith insurance practices in Schwartz v. Allstate Insurance Co. An article in the New York Law Journal provides additional details about this case.

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Insurer Can’t ‘Handle the Truth’ in Bad-Faith Case: Judge

Rochester Crane Collapse Results in Death of Operator

Another Staten Island Ferry Crash Haunts Innocent New Yorkers

Joseph Donahue Quoted in Newsday About Seaford Boating Accident Case

Massapequa Family Devastated by Tragic Boating Accident

Local Man Awarded Record Verdict

O’Toole Secures Settlement for Ferry Crash Victim, Reports NY Post

Jeffrey Block Obtains Settlement for Victim in Suit vs. Great Adventure

Jeffrey Block & Daniel O’Toole Redefining Bad Faith in New York

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