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On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, the upper levels of a five-story parking garage in Lower Manhattan collapsed, tragically killing 59-year-old Willis Moore, the manager of the parking garage, and injuring at least five others. The parking garage, located at 57 Ann Street in...
Two workers were seriously injured in a construction site collapse on Friday, July 30, 2021. The incident occurred at 439 Lincoln Road in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood in Brooklyn, where a two-story building was to be demolished and turned into a...
New York Staging Collapse Accident LawyersWere You Injured by Construction Site Staging or Scaffolding That Collapsed? Every year, falls cause the greatest number of construction industry fatalities. These falls occur for a variety of reasons, including slippery...
A horrifying Midtown Manhattan construction accident left one worker killed and three hospitalized. At around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, 2020, a piece of parapet at 136 East 36th, a 12-story co-op building, came crashing down from the roof onto a suspended rig...
Construction Safety Week runs during the first week of May each year. Since 2014, this initiative has been working to create a stronger, safer workplace. We would like to take the last day of this year’s awareness campaign to remind our community to stay safe on and...
$2,825,000 Settlement for Non-Union Bricklayer with Severe Injuries After a Fall Our client, a 47-year-old, non-union bricklayer, was hired to perform renovation work at a Brooklyn building. While building walls in an elevator shaft, Plaintiff and his co-worker fell...
DANIEL P. O’TOOLE is one of New York’s premier trial lawyers. He graduated from the Fordham University School of Law in 1992 and is admitted to the New York and New Jersey bars.
New York Attorneys for Demolition Accidents Every year, construction workers performing demolition projects in New York City suffer serious injuries or even fatalities while taking down different structures. And they are not the only ones at risk. Demolition often...
Appellate Court Upholds Multi-Million Dollar Award For Injured Construction WorkerThe construction accident lawyers at Block O'Toole & Murphy, LLP are pleased to announce that on April 30, 2013, the Appellate Division for New York's First Judicial Department...
Types of Construction Accidents Construction workers face some of the most dangerous workplace hazards in the entire country, across any occupation. Data compiled by the National Safety Council shows that there were 5,199 fatalities and 467,950 injuries in the...
