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Long Island Worker Victor Irizarry Dies of CO Poisoning

Victor Irizarry, a 30-year-old worker, tragically died on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021 while on his Long Island work site of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.  Irizarry, who was an employee of Suffolk Excavating, was working on a residential work site in Fort Salonga, Long...

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Woman on E-Scooter Run Over by Truck in Williamsburg

On the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, a terrible accident occurred in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A 24-year-old woman, identified as Molly Pearson, was riding a Lime scooter on Meeker Avenue next to a box truck. Pearson and the box truck were both traveling in the same...

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Two Workers Injured in Hunts Point Scaffolding Collapse

On the afternoon of October 30th, 2021, two construction workers were seriously injured in a scaffolding collapse at a Bronx work site. The two injured men were taken to Lincoln Hospital in critical condition. At around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, the two workers, ages 29...

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Ruth Mullen, 68, Fatally Struck by MTA Bus in the Bronx

Tragically, yet another pedestrian in New York was struck and killed while simply trying to cross the street.  On the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, 68-year-old Ruth Mullen was crossing in the crosswalk near her Bronx home, when she was struck by an MTA bus making...

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BOM Attains 4 of Top Verdict’s 2020 Top 50 Results

The Law Firm of Block O’Toole & Murphy attained four of Top Verdict’s 2020 Top 50 Personal Injury Settlements in the United States, the highest number of Top 50 results achieved by any law firm in the country. Top Verdict is a legal publication that honors law...

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57 Bus Passengers Injured in Rollover Crash on NYS Thruway

57 people were injured on Saturday, August 14, 2021 when their tour bus ran off the New York State Thruway and rolled over, according to Syracuse.com. The single-vehicle accident occurred around 12:40 pm, when the bus overturned on the westbound side of the NYS...

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BOM Attains the Most Top Results in 2020 NYLJ Rankings

For the twelfth year in a row, Block O’Toole & Murphy has achieved multiple top results in the New York Law Journal’s 2020 report on the Top Verdicts and Settlements. Usually, the publication recognizes the top results in New York State alone, but this year they...

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