On Wednesday, July 26 just before 7:30 A.M., bystanders on Manhattan’s West Side beheld a terrifying sight: a crane on fire, forty-five stories high, issuing a thick black rope of smoke into the sky. The crane, holding a construction worker, was stationed at 550 10th...
- Home » Search Results for "fire"
Results for "fire"
House Fire Kills Two Sisters in Southampton Vacation Home
A house fire tragically claimed the lives of two sisters early Wednesday morning as they slept in their Southampton vacation home. During a visit from their home in Maryland, Lindsay and Jillian Wiener were sleeping when the fire started in an upstairs bedroom when...
Prop Firearm Misfire Leads to Death of Halyna Hutchins
A tragedy occurred on the set of the upcoming film “Rust,” in Sante Fe, New Mexico on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021: Halyna Hutchins, director of photography, was killed, and director Joel Souza was injured, when actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on set. We at...
E-Scooter Battery Sparks Massive Bronx Apartment Fire
An electric scooter caused a large fire in a Bronx apartment building when its lithium-ion battery overheated, according to FDNY officials. This frightening incident occurred on the morning of Tuesday, January 12, 2021. The e-scooter was located in the living room of...
Fires & Explosions
Fires and Explosions on Construction Sites: What You Need to Know Construction has proven again and again to be one of the most dangerous occupational industries. In particular, fires and explosions pose a deadly hazard to the workers and property involved in a...
Fire Safety Issues & Code Violations
New York Fire Injury Lawyer For those who have been injured or lost a loved one in a fire, the aftermath can be physically, emotionally, and financially overwhelming. Proving injuries or wrongful deaths were due to fire code violations can be tricky and requires...
$1,650,000 Awarded in Wrongful Death Fire
$1,650,000 Awarded in Wrongful Death FireCOURT AND COUNTY Supreme Court, Kings County AGE AND OCCUPATION OF PLAINTIFF The plaintiff was a 71 year-old retired widow. The deceased was 73 year-old retiree at the time of his death DESCRIPTION OF CASE Block O'Toole &...
One Worker Killed, Another Injured in Manhattan Fire Extinguisher Explosion
On the morning of Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 35-year-old worker Victor Pando was killed and his 26-year-old colleague injured when a fire extinguisher exploded at the Morgan General Mail Facility at 341 Ninth Avenue in Manhattan. The two men were injured by shrapnel...
Bronx Collision Between MTA Bus and FDNY Fire Truck Leaves 26 Injured
Dozens were injured when a fire truck, which was responding to a medical emergency and which had its lights on and sirens blaring, collided with an MTA bus at the intersection of East 175th Street and Webster Avenue in the Bronx neighborhood of Mount Hope. Shocking...
Personal Injury Claims Against Landlords
Personal Injury Claims Against Landlords Every year, hundreds of people across the United States are injured on the premises they rent and consider their home. The landlord-tenant relationship is a relationship that is governed by a contract, and, therefore, if one...
Categories
- Accolades (27)
- Attorneys (19)
- Blog (44)
- Construction & Work Injuries (155)
- Construction Accidents (18)
- Español (1)
- Firm News (24)
- Medical Malpractice (3)
- Motor Vehicle Accidents (105)
- Personal Injury (28)
- Polski (1)
- Worker Injuries (4)
- Workplace Safety (9)
- Wrongful Death (25)
Archives
- January 2024 (1)
- November 2023 (1)
- August 2023 (3)
- July 2023 (9)
- June 2023 (1)
- May 2023 (2)
- April 2023 (8)
- March 2023 (3)
- February 2023 (2)
- January 2023 (3)
- December 2022 (3)
- November 2022 (3)
- October 2022 (2)
- September 2022 (2)
- August 2022 (2)
- July 2022 (1)
- May 2022 (2)
- April 2022 (1)
- March 2022 (4)
- February 2022 (2)
- January 2022 (4)
- December 2021 (3)
- November 2021 (4)
- October 2021 (1)
- September 2021 (4)
- August 2021 (2)
- July 2021 (4)
- June 2021 (1)
- May 2021 (6)
- April 2021 (3)
- March 2021 (6)
- February 2021 (3)
- January 2021 (2)
- December 2020 (3)
- November 2020 (2)
- October 2020 (1)
- September 2020 (3)
- August 2020 (4)
- July 2020 (6)
- June 2020 (8)
- May 2020 (6)
- March 2020 (3)
- February 2020 (4)
- January 2020 (7)
- December 2019 (6)
- November 2019 (7)
- October 2019 (5)
- September 2019 (3)
- August 2019 (5)
- July 2019 (5)
- June 2019 (1)
- May 2019 (2)
- April 2019 (6)
- March 2019 (3)
- February 2019 (8)
- January 2019 (3)
- December 2018 (2)
- November 2018 (4)
- October 2018 (4)
- September 2018 (4)
- August 2018 (2)
- July 2018 (2)
- June 2018 (1)
- May 2018 (1)
- April 2018 (2)
- March 2018 (3)
- February 2018 (1)
- January 2018 (3)
- December 2017 (1)
- November 2017 (1)
- October 2017 (5)
- September 2017 (2)
- August 2017 (2)
- July 2017 (2)
- June 2017 (1)
- April 2017 (4)
- March 2017 (3)
- February 2017 (2)
- January 2017 (1)
- December 2016 (1)
- November 2016 (3)
- October 2016 (5)
- September 2016 (3)
- August 2016 (2)
- July 2016 (5)
- June 2016 (3)
- May 2016 (7)
- April 2016 (3)
- March 2016 (1)
- February 2016 (2)
- January 2016 (2)
- December 2015 (1)
- November 2015 (3)
- October 2015 (2)
- September 2015 (3)
- August 2015 (5)
- July 2015 (6)
- June 2015 (2)
- May 2015 (4)
- April 2015 (3)
- March 2015 (3)
- February 2015 (6)
- January 2015 (2)
- November 2014 (2)
- October 2014 (1)
- September 2014 (3)
- August 2014 (5)
- July 2014 (2)
- June 2014 (2)
- May 2014 (2)
- April 2014 (3)
- March 2014 (6)
- February 2014 (3)
- January 2014 (5)
- December 2013 (2)
- November 2013 (1)
- October 2013 (4)
- September 2013 (4)
- August 2013 (5)
- July 2013 (2)
- June 2013 (4)
- May 2013 (2)
- March 2013 (3)
- February 2013 (7)
- December 2012 (1)
- August 2012 (1)
- June 2012 (1)
- April 2012 (1)
- February 2012 (1)
- January 2012 (1)
- December 2011 (1)
- November 2011 (1)
- October 2011 (2)
- September 2011 (1)
- May 2010 (1)
- March 2010 (1)
- December 2009 (1)
- December 2007 (1)
- July 2004 (1)
- February 2004 (1)
- January 2004 (1)