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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...
Here’s What You Need to Know Legally After a Slip and Fall at Work If you are injured in your place of work, one of the first things that may come to mind is workers’ compensation. In New York State, virtually all businesses are required to carry workers’ compensation...
Uncovering the Truth: How Our Lawyers Lead an Accident Investigation To an accident victim or an inexperienced attorney, certain details of an accident might be considered extraneous or even irrelevant. To us, all details are treated with precision and close...
Assumption of Risk in Personal Injury Lawsuits No matter how good your judgment is or how much caution you take in your actions, you understand that there is some risk involved in just about everything you do—engaging with life would be impossible otherwise. However,...
New York City Sidewalk Accident Attorneys Most New Yorkers are sharply attuned to the dangers of navigating city streets. Coexisting with cars, trucks, bicycles, pedicabs, and scrambling fellow pedestrians is a demanding prospect, and reaching your destination safely...
Street Sweeper Accidents Street sweepers, sometimes referred to as "street cleaners," play an essential role in keeping cities clean, functional, and attractive. Although active sweeping should only be conducted at 5 to 15 miles per hour, vehicles that are not...
Manhole Explosions: Legal Rights in New York City While hardly exclusive to New York City, manhole explosions are a problem to which the structure of the city uniquely lends itself. The City of New York contains as many as 350,000 manhole covers across its five...
Scaffold Collapse: Causes and Legal Next Steps in New York Accidents related to scaffolding continue to cause serious harm year after year. According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), scaffolding accidents are linked to an average of 50...
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....
At Block O'Toole & Murphy, we take great pride in the remarkable contributions our attorneys make to the greater legal community. On the evening of November 20, 2023, legal professionals gathered at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian for the...
