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Commuters traveling along the NJ Transit Port Jervis line experienced delays on Tuesday evening, January 21, 2020, due to a major accident that occurred along the tracks in Rockland County. A tractor trailer was stuck on train tracks along Route 17 at Washington...
59-year-old James Weiss, a former firefighter, sustained severe head trauma on the morning of Wednesday, January 15, 2020, when a piece of sheet metal fell on him while he was working at a construction site in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. He was taken to St. Joseph's...
Just five hours after an accident involving a sanitation truck that killed a 67-year-old woman in Brooklyn, another pedestrian was killed after she fell from a moving MTA bus and was run over by the rear wheels. Tragically, this incident marks at least eight...
Partner David Scher shared his labor law expertise when he taught a continuing legal education (CLE) course on January 7, 2020, focusing on strategies for pleading a construction accident case. His lecture was part of a larger seminar presented by the New York State...
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at about 11:55 a.m., 68-year-old Judith Wieder was tragically killed by a cement mixing truck while crossing the street in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn. This, unfortunately, was the second reported pedestrian death to occur on this...
Block O'Toole & Murphy is again proud to be ranked as one of America's "Best Law Firms" in 2020, compiled collaboratively by the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. The firm has been regionally recognized in New York City as a Tier 1 law firm in two...
Governor Andrew Cuomo has a chance to pass a bill that could greatly improve, even save, the lives of many New York City residents. The bill, known as the "Elevator Safety Act", would require mechanics and others who provide maintenance for elevators in the city to be...
With barely a week before before the start of a new year, Dr. Daniel Cammerman tragically became the 29th cyclist to die while riding on New York City streets in 2019. On Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, Dr. Cammerman, a 50-year-old pediatrician with the Mount Sinai Health...
A devastating accident occurred on the dreary morning of December 17, 2019, when 60-year-old Erica Tishman was tragically killed after she was struck by debris that fell from a building façade in Times Square. Department of Buildings (DOB) Engineers continue to...
Two construction workers were rescued in Harlem on Friday, Dec. 13 after the hydraulic lift they were operating tipped over without warning, crashing into the building where they were working. They had been almost 50 feet up in the air when the fully extended lift...
