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Traffic was brought to a standstill yesterday as firefighters worked to rescue a construction worker who fell into a 25-foot hole. The accident took place at a construction site at 83rd Street between Second and Third avenues on the Upper East Side. Here, a 32-story...
The dedication to our clients has once more earned 12 Block O’Toole & Murphy attorneys the honor of being recognized by Super Lawyers magazine. In 2022, eight Block O’Toole & Murphy attorneys were named 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers, and four of our...
A 22-year old woman was driving on Bedford Park Boulevard, when suddenly her car was smashed in half by a boom of hulking steel. It was all caught on tape when a crane toppled at a construction site yesterday morning. Â The ongoing 11-story residential building...
On Monday, September 12, 2022, a Brooklyn construction worker lost his life in a tragic accident at a work site at 1 Java Street in Greenpoint. Around 9:00 a.m., 46-year-old Pape Khoule was crushed by a 2,000-pound piece of equipment that fell onto him. This incident...
Founding Partner Jeffrey A. Block was recently named the 2023 Lawyer of the Year in Personal Injury - Plaintiffs in New York City, a distinction that is awarded to just one lawyer in each region per practice area. Each year, Best Lawyers® evaluates New York State...
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...
Three people were seriously injured in an accident on July 21, 2022 in which a school bus overturned on the Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx. Shortly after 6:00 a.m. Thursday morning, the school bus carrying dozens of passengers flipped onto its side while...
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...
Partner David Scher was recently nominated as President-Elect of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) for the 2022-2023 term. Mr. Scher previously served one year as Parliamentarian before being elected to his current position of Second Vice President...
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced many of us to quarantine at home, door-to-door delivery services became increasingly popular. The ability to order groceries, prepared meals, and other goods directly to our front doors made shopping more convenient and allowed...
