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New York Construction Accidents Lawyer
Overview
At age 54, Mr. O'Toole has been the lead trial lawyer or co-lead trial counsel on the following record-breaking results:
- $110,174,972 verdict, the largest individual personal injury verdict ever in the State of New York
- $32,756,055 verdict, the largest personal injury verdict ever in Suffolk County
- $22,500,000 settlement, the second largest reported personal injury settlement ever in the State of New York
- $20,181,000 verdict, the second largest personal injury verdict ever in the Court of Claims (including the largest pain and suffering verdict ever in the Court of Claims)
- $15,000,000 settlement for brain-injured pedestrian struck by an automobile
- $15,000,000 wrongful death settlement for worker killed by a falling object
- $14,000,000 verdict, the largest personal injury verdict ever in Nassau County
- $13,500,000 settlement, the largest reported personal injury settlement ever in Suffolk County
- $13,000,000 wrongful death settlement for auto accident victim
- $12,000,000 settlement for injured pedestrian child with leg injuries (lifetime payment to claimant will be in excess of $70,000,000)
- $12,000,000 settlement for injured union worker
- $11,500,000 settlement for laborer injured by a saw
- $11,000,000 settlement for laborer with back injuries
On five separate occasions Mr. O'Toole obtained jury verdicts which were among the top 10 largest personal injury jury verdicts in New York State. Year after year, Mr. O'Toole obtains some of the largest settlements for victims of construction accidents, automobile accidents, and wrongful death cases in the State of New York. In 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, Mr. O'Toole and his colleagues at Block O'Toole & Murphy posted more top 25 settlements than any other firm in New York by a wide margin.
Mr. O'Toole has handled construction accident cases, road design and road maintenance cases, medical malpractice cases, negligent security cases, tractor trailer accidents, industrial accidents, bad faith cases against insurance companies, and automobile accident cases. In addition to the aforementioned settlements, Mr. O'Toole's settlements include the following results:
- $9,000,000.00 settlement (14-year-old minor injured in wall collapse)
- $8,750,000 settlement for a brain injured client with over $20,000,000 in additional guaranteed health benefits for life
- $8,000,000.00 verdict (lumbar spine surgery and knee surgery after rear-end collision)
- $7,000,000.00 settlement (worker who fell 30 feet down elevator shaft)
- $6,500,000.00 verdict (union laborer with herniated disc injury)
- $6,500,000.00 settlement (injured union laborer)
- $6,500,000.00 settlement (union mechanic who suffered fractures to his vertebra, pelvis, dominant wrist, and elbow)
- $6,400,000.00 settlement (union ironworker)
- $6,250,000.00 settlement (non-union carpenter)
- $6,000,000.00 settlement (during trial against NYCTA for injured bus passenger)
- $6,000,000.00 settlement (for injured union waterproofer)
- $5,900,000.00 settlement (union bricklayer)
- $5,000,000.00 settlement (wrongful death of tourist)
- $4,925,000.00 settlement (all insurance coverage available tendered for motorist with brain injury)
- $4,900,000.00 settlement (union electrician)
- $4,750,000.00 settlement (union excavator)
- $4,650,000.00 settlement (injured non-union laborer)
- $4,500,000.00 settlement (union carpenter with knee injury)
- $4,475,000.00 settlement (wrongful death with a payout of over $20,000,000 to two surviving children of a deceased non-union laborer)
- $4,250,000.00 settlement (union excavator)
- $4,000,000.00 settlement (union carpenter in ladder fall)
- $4,000,000.00 settlement (auto accident involving hotel porter)
- $4,000,000.00 settlement (above-the-knee amputation after auto accident)
- $4,000,000.00 settlement (injured non-union asbestos removal worker)
- $4,000,000.00 settlement (a 15-year-old pedestrian; lifetime payment in excess of $19,000,000.00)
- $4,000,000.00 settlement (union carpenter in ladder fall)
- $3,720,000.00 settlement (glass worker who suffered severe foot and ankle injuries after he fell through an unsecured cover at a construction site)
- $3,500,000.00 settlement (bus operator injured in motor vehicle accident)
- $3,500,000.00 settlement (union bricklayer)
- $3,500,000.00 settlement (injured laborer)
- $3,450,000.00 settlement (man hit by bus while in crosswalk, multiple ORIF surgeries)
- $3,450,000.00 settlement (union carpenter who fell from a scaffold, injuring his hip)
- $3,450,000.00 settlement (non-union laborer with back injuries following a fall)
- $3,400,000.00 settlement (union laborer slipped and fell with back injury)
- $3,250,000.00 settlement (union carpenter who injured his wrist in a fall)
- $3,175,000.00 settlement (truck driver who was struck by a fully loaded forklift while he was making a delivery)
- $3,100,000.00 settlement (non-union laborer)
- $3,000,000.00 settlement (non-union carpenter)
- $3,000,000.00 settlement (barber involved in auto accident)
- $3,000,000.00 settlement (laborer in trip and fall accident)
- $3,000,000.00 settlement (taxi driver injured in auto accident)
- $2,900,000.00 settlement (non-union laborer with back injury)
- $2,750,000.00 settlement (homemaker, trip and fall, knee injury)
- $2,750,000.00 settlement (non-union air conditioning repair worker with leg fracture)
- $2,600,000.00 settlement (non-union laborer with internal injuries in building collapse)
- $2,500,000.00 settlement (double-parked Access-A-Ride van causes bicycle accident)
- $2,500,000.00 settlement (motorist injured in car accident, back surgery)
- $2,500,000.00 settlement (cyclist in dooring accident)
- $2,400,000.00 settlement (pre-deposition settlement for 58-year-old worker with neck injury)
- $2,250,000.00 settlement (wrongful death of pedestrian hit by bus)
- $1,850,000.00 settlement (asbestos abatement worker injured and disabled from employment)
Approximately 100 other settlements in excess of $1,000,000.
Positions Held
Mr. O’Toole is the Co-Chairman of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association Labor Law Committee, a committee that fights to preserve and enact laws to promote worker safety at construction sites. He is committed to championing laws that protect workers and all New Yorkers.
Honors
In April of 2020, Mr. O’Toole and his wife were honored by Fordham Law School at the school’s 2020 Scholarship Benefactors Reception. In June of 2019, Mr. O’Toole received the University of Scranton’s Frank O’Hara Distinguished Alumni Award. The award is the University’s highest honor and was given to Mr. O’Toole in recognition of his accomplishments as an attorney and for his philanthropy. In October of 2018, Mr. O’Toole received the James F. Gill Spirit of Hope Award from Fordham Law School’s Feerick Center for Social Justice. In 2016, he received the Founder’s Medal (the school’s highest honor) from his alma mater, Bergen Catholic High School, for his lifetime achievement and contributions to the school. In 2018, Mr. O’Toole was named Runner of the Year by One Mission, a pediatric cancer charity in Boston, Massachusetts, for his fundraising efforts running the 2018 Boston Marathon. Mr. O’Toole will run the 2020 Boston Marathon in support of HomeStart Boston, a charity dedicated to the eradication of homelessness.
From 2008 through 2019, Mr. O’Toole was elected as a “Super Lawyer” in New York State, recognizing him as one of the top 5% of New York personal injury lawyers. From 2009 through 2019, Mr. O’Toole was named by the American Trial Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers. From 2010 to 2020, he has been named to the Irish Legal 100, which recognizes the top Irish American lawyers in the United States. Mr. O’Toole has also been selected by his peers to be included in New York’s Best Lawyers for 2014-2020.
In 2012, Mr. O’Toole was honored by the Brehon Law Society in New York as Lawyer of the Year. In 2012 and 2013, he was honored by the Institute of Jewish Humanities as Lawyer of the Year. In March of 2013, Mr. O’Toole was honored by the Brooklyn to Alaska Project (a group that sends young men from Brooklyn to Alaska every summer to experience the Alaskan wilderness) as Man of the Year.
Charity Work
Mr. O’Toole is heavily involved in charitable work. He is a major donor to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Mr. O’Toole and his wife have endowed scholarships at the Fordham University School of Law and Georgetown University. They have also contributed substantially to the Dr. Michael DeMichele Scholarship at the University of Scranton, as well as to Boston College.
In the past ten years, along with his partners, Mr. O’Toole has been instrumental in raising over $5,000,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Mr. O’Toole is also a major donor for the Institute of Educational Achievement, a school for autistic children in New Jersey. Mr. O’Toole and his wife recently assisted in the funding of a Young Adult Lodge at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. Mr. O’Toole has also contributed to scholarship funds at five Catholic grammar schools and high schools in New Jersey, funding high school educations for over 25 children.
About Daniel P. O'Toole
Practice Areas
- Construction Accidents
- Automobile Accidents
- Negligent Security
- Tractor Trailer Accidents
- Industrial Accidents
- Bad Faith Cases Against Insurance Companies
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
Other Affiliations
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association Labor Law Committee (Co-Chairman)
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York, 1992
- University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, 1989 B.A. and M.A.
Pro Bono Activities
- Donor, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Daniel P. O'Toole
Included on the 2023 New York Metro list
Past Lists
- 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2013 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New York — Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2011 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2010 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2009 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2008 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Top 10 Largest Personal Injury Jury Verdicts in New York State
- Honored by Fordham Law School at the school’s 2020 Scholarship Benefactors Reception, 2020 - Present
- University of Scranton’s Frank O’Hara Distinguished Alumni Award
- James F. Gill Spirit of Hope Award from Fordham Law School’s Feerick Center for Social Justice, 2018 - Present
- Founder’s Medal, Bergen Catholic High School, 2016 - Present
- Runner of the Year by One Mission, 2018 - Present
- Super Lawyer in New York State, 2008 - 2019
- One of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers, American Trial Lawyers, 2009 - 2019
- Irish Legal 100, 2010 - 2020
- New York’s Best Lawyers, 2014 - 2020
- Brehon Law Society in New York as Lawyer of the Year, 2012 - Present
- Lawyer of the Year, Institute of Jewish Humanities, 2012 - 2013
- Man of the Year, Brooklyn to Alaska Project, 2013 - Present
Office Information
Address
1 Penn PlazaSuite 5315 New York, NY 10119
Phone
Fax
- 212-971-9840
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
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