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Injured Viet vet awarded $32M, Reports NewsdayThursday, December 20, 2007A Suffolk jury has awarded what attorneys called a county record $32.7 million in damages to a Vietnam War veteran from Mount Sinai who suffered serious brain damage when a drug-impaired driver...
Newsday Highlights Record-Setting Nassau County Motorcycle Accident VerdictFriday, October 8, 2004A State Supreme Court jury in Mineola awarded $13.9 million to Justin Firmes, 25, who left leg was amputated after a car crashed into his motorcycle in 2002. Mr. Firmes...
Block O'Toole & Murphy is honored to be recognized once again as a Tier 1 New York City law firm for both Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs as well as Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, the highest regional ranking in the 2019 "Best Law Firms" list...
*New York Law Journal's List Of Top Verdicts And Settlements For 2015* The results for 2015 are in, and Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP once again obtained more multi-million dollar personal injury results than any other firm in New York State, and by a wide margin....
You know that using your cell phone while driving is dangerous. It forces you to take your eyes off the road for at least a split-second. Even this tiny distraction can be very dangerous in the fast-moving traffic of New York City. But it is more than dangerous - it's...
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...
Client Who Sustained Ladder Fall Injury Shares Experience with Block O’Toole & Murphy Our client, a 22-year-old, non-union construction worker, was working from a provided portion of an extension ladder that didn’t have rubber...
Doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur in Personal Injury Cases The legal doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, meaning the thing speaks for itself, addresses situations in which the presence of negligence is obvious, even if the specific incident of negligence is difficult to...
Five construction workers were injured in a frightening construction accident on Tuesday afternoon at an Inwood work site. According to news reports, three workers were seriously injured and two suffered mild injuries when the crane on a boom truck collapsed....
For passengers aboard a Parkchester-bound BxM6 bus, the evening of August 14, 2023 was no ordinary Monday in New York City. Around 8:30 PM at the corner of Madison Avenue and East 48th Street, the MTA vehicle collided with an active bucket truck. The impact of the...
