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.

During the course of his career Mr. O'Toole, 43, has obtained in excess of $200,000,000.00 worth of settlements and verdicts. In the years 2004, 2005 and 2007 Mr. O'Toole obtained jury verdicts which were among the top 10 largest personal injury jury verdicts in New York State for those respective years. 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 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 2006 Mr. O'Toole settled over $28,000,000.00 in cases. In 2007 Mr. O'Toole participated in the resolution and trial in over $57,000,000.00 in cases. In 2008 Mr. O'Toole resolved over $41,000,000 worth of cases. In 2009 Mr. O'Toole resolved over $50,000,000 worth of cases and has maintained an impressive track record in the early part of 2010, resolving $18,000,000 worth of cases in a two month period. 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.

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 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 October of 2004 Mr. O'Toole procured a $14,000,000.00 jury verdict, the largest personal injury verdict ever in Nassau County (according to the editor of the New York Jury Verdict Reporter). 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 substantial resolutions in negligent security cases. One case, against a hospital for a sexual assault upon a psychiatric patient (assault committed by another patient)resolved for $1,300,000.00. The second case involving an assault upon a physician in a hospital by an unknown assailant resolved for $1,500,000.00.

During a brief period in 2006 Mr. O'Toole settled in excess of $24,000,000.00 in cases (including a negligent brain surgery case, a negligent security case and an industrial accident case), while additionally procuring a jury verdict in the amount of $1,941,000.00 in April of 2006. This verdict was procured through the efforts of Mr. O'Toole and Stephen J. Murphy. Mr. O'Toole settled a case for $6,000,000 three weeks into a trial in September of 2006, with the New York City Transit Authority agreeing to pay $3,900,000.00 and two other insurance carriers contributing an additional $2,100,000.00 toward the settlement package.

In 2006 Mr. O'Toole began serving a 3 year term on the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. Shortly thereafter, Mr. O'Toole was elected as an Officer in the New York State Trial Lawyers Association where he currently serves. He also now serves as the co-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 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 2010, Mr. O'Toole was appointed to the New York County Democratic Judicial Screening Panel.

Mr. O'Toole is a philanthropist who is active at his church and serves on the Parish School Advisory Board as well as 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 (to aid the families of children with cancer), The Butterfly Foundation (to aid the families of children with cancer), Candlelighters of New York City and Judges and Lawyers Cancer Alert. Mr. O'Toole recently 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 at St. Joseph's grammar school in Oradell, New Jersey. Mr. O'Toole is also a major donor at his alma mater Bergen Catholic High School, as well as the Academy of Holy Angels and Immaculate Heart Academy, an all girls school in New Jersey. Mr. O'Toole is an avid marathoner, running the Boston Marathon in 2010.

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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