Daniel P. O'Toole

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Daniel P. O'Toole is one of New York's premier construction accident and catastrophic injury trial attorneys. He graduated from the Fordham University School of Law in 1992 and is admitted to the New York and New Jersey bars. Since that time he has focused on being a New York personal injury trial lawyer.

In the last five years alone, Mr. O'Toole, 44, has obtained in excess of $225,000,000.00 worth of settlements and verdicts, resolving in excess of $30,000,000 in the first nine months of 2011. Three times in the last seven years, Mr. O'Toole obtained jury verdicts which were among the top 10 largest personal injury jury verdicts in New York State. In 2007, along with lead attorney Stephen Murphy, Esq., Mr. O'Toole procured the largest non-medical malpractice personal injury verdict in New York State for 2007 in the amount of $32,756,155.00. That verdict is believed to be the largest non-medical malpractice personal injury verdict ever on Long Island. Coupled with a $14,000,000 verdict taken in October of 2004, Mr. O'Toole now has the top 2 personal injury jury verdicts ever in Long Island (known to be a conservative jury venue).

In a recently published New York Magazine article, five of Mr. O'Toole's 2010 results were featured in the "Top 2010 Verdicts and Settlements" section. Mr. O'Toole has handled and tried construction accident cases, medical malpractice cases, negligent security cases, tractor trailer accidents, industrial accidents, bad faith cases against insurance companies and automobile accident cases. Mr. O'Toole's recent settlements include the following construction-related resolutions:

• $6,400,000.00 settlement
• $6,250,000.00 settlement
• $5,000,000.00 settlement
• $4,900,000.00 settlement
• $4,475,000.00 settlement (with a payout of over $20,000,000 to two surviving children of a deceased laborer.)

In December of 2010, Mr. O'Toole tried a negligent road maintenance case to verdict against the State of New York, obtaining a 100% verdict against the state in a catastrophic personal injury case. The damages portion of the trial will commence in January of 2012. In December 2009, Mr. O'Toole recovered more than $6,000,000 on behalf of an injured construction worker in Rockland County despite there being only one-million dollars in available insurance coverage. Rather than allow a jury to decide the case, the defendants paid more than $5,000,000 in personal funds to settle the matter. In June of 2011, Mr. O'Toole settled an iron worker's personal injury suit for an astounding $6,400,000 prior to jury selection. He settled a wrongful death action for $5,000,000 the week prior to that resolution. In October of 2007, Mr. O'Toole and partner Jeffrey Block resolved a case for $12,000,000.00 with an expected payout to the 8 year old plaintiff in excess of $71,000,000.00. In April of 2005 Mr. O'Toole obtained an $8,000,000.00 verdict in Brooklyn, settling another case for $4,000,000.00 in the same month. It is expected that the structured settlement on the settled case will pay the child Plaintiff $19,394,595.00 over the course of her life.

Mr. O'Toole handled a major bad faith case against Allstate Insurance company, a case in which Allstate ultimately paid $1,800,000.00 over their $200,000.00 aggregate policy limits. Mr. O'Toole has also won two multi-million dollar resolutions in negligent security cases. One case was against a hospital for a sexual assault upon a psychiatric patient (assault committed by another patient) and the second case involved an assault upon a physician in a hospital by an unknown assailant.

In 2011, Mr. O'Toole began serving his second 3 year term on the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. In June of 2011, Mr. O'Toole stepped down from his position as Treasurer (officer) of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, a position he held for two terms. Mr. O'Toole is also the Immediate Past Chairman of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association Labor Law Committee, the committee that fights to preserve and enact laws to promote worker safety at construction sites. In 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, 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. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Mr. O'Toole was named by the American Trial Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the nation. In 2010, Mr. O'Toole was appointed to the New York County Democratic Judicial Screening Panel.

Mr. O'Toole is heavily involved in charitable work, is active at his church, and has served on the Parish School Advisory Board, as well as past Chairman of his parish's Capital Campaign Committee. Mr. O'Toole is also an active supporter and sponsor of the St. Jude Children's Hospital, The Frances Pope Memorial Foundation and Candlelighters of New York City. All of these charities focus on aiding the families of children with cancer, a cause close to Mr. O'Toole's heart. Mr. O'Toole has funded the construction of multiple classrooms at the Connecticut Center for Child Development, a school for autistic children in Connecticut and is a major donor for the Institute of Educational Achievement, a school for autistic children in New Jersey. Additionally, Mr. O'Toole provides multiple needs based scholarships for children on an annual basis for students attending Catholic grammar schools in New Jersey. Mr. O'Toole is also a major donor at his alma mater Bergen Catholic High School (where he established The O'Toole Family Financial Aid Scholarship Fund in 2009), as well as the Academy of Holy Angels and Immaculate Heart Academy, all girls schools in New Jersey. Mr. O'Toole also supports Paramus Catholic High School through the Egan/O'Toole Scholarship Fund. Mr. O'Toole is an avid marathoner, running the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon in 2010 and 2011.

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Daniel O'Toole in the News:

· Woman Loses Leg in Subway Accident That Should Have Been Avoided
· Firm Marks One-Year Anniversary of Crane Collapse Tragedy
· The New York Law Journal: Stephen Murphy & Daniel O'Toole recognized for their 2008 Record Setting Verdict
· Super Lawyers!
· The New York Law Journal: Daniel O'Toole Recognized for Enormous 2005 Verdict
· The New York Daily News: Profile of Record Verdict Procured by Stephen Murphy & Daniel O'Toole
· Newsday: 14 Million Dollar Record Setting Nassau County Verdict Highlighted