About
David L. Scher attended Tufts University and Fordham University School of Law. He joined Block O Toole & Murphy, LLP in 2003, and was made a Partner on the firm in 2012.
Since joining the corporation, Mr. Scher has targeted his practice normally on representing creation coincidence victims, in addition to those seriously injured in motor car collisions and different injuries. In his tenure with the corporation, Mr. Scher has resolved dozens of multi-million dollar instances on behalf of personal damage plaintiffs. Mr. Scher also attempts cases for the corporation; his maximum recent jury verdict in March 2012 become a $2,056,656 award for a fifty one 12 months old pedestrian struck via a New York City Transit Authority Bus. Mr. Scher changed into named to The National Trial Lawyers "Top 40 Under 40" listing in 2012, that is extended to a restricted variety of legal professionals beneath the age of 40 who demonstrate superior leadership abilities, and who exert ardour and personal conviction as a young trial legal professional. Mr. Scher is noted for his information of the New York State Labor Law, and he authors articles on construction twist of fate law subjects that regularly seem in respected legal courses which includes the New York Law Journal and Bill of Particulars magazine. Mr. Scher is thought for his criminal writing skills, and participates closely within the company s complicated motion and appellate practice. Mr. Scher wrote an amicus curiae short to the New York State Court of Appeals on behalf of five,000 trial lawyers in an critical case, Ortiz v. Varsity Holdings, LLC, which involved how the regulation applies to creation workers laboring at dangerous heights. The Court s December 2011 choice adopted the brief s function, and increased the protections afforded to such employees. Mr. Scher is also a key member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association Labor Law Committee, which seeks to preserve and extend the legal guidelines that require secure work web sites and guard the employees of New York.
Mr. Scher s enjoy additionally includes Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) litigation. Mr. Scher has efficiently represented a group of Brooklyn eating place employees who were being underpaid, and recovered approximately $1,500,000 for a massive elegance of municipal employees who had been being unfairly compensated. Mr. Scher has additionally represented sufferers of wrongful termination, sexual abuse and negligent security.
Mr. Scher is a proud Committee has membership for an annual fundraising occasion in Manhattan that supports the St. Jude Children s Research Hospital.
Recent Results
$5,500,000 Settlement for an electrician who sustained a worrying brain injury after falling from an extension ladder.
$three,half,000 Settlement for a union plumber from Queens who changed into struck by using falling gravel on a creation web page.
$2,750,000 Settlement for a fifty seven Year-Old female pedestrian who sustained a neck harm after being struck by way of a van.
$2,500,000 Settlement for a Brooklyn pedestrian who changed into struck through a truck and suffered hip and leg fractures.
$2,056,656 Verdict for a Brooklyn public high faculty trainer struck through a City bus.
$1,750,000 Settlement for a Suffolk County lady who sustained a returned injury in an coincidence with a bus.
$1,500,000 Settlement in a case against The City for a 57 Year-Old female who suffered returned and leg injuries after being knocked down with the aid of an unmarked police automobile at the same time as crossing the street.
$1,500,000 Settlement for a Bronx tenant who tripped on stairs in his condo building, injuring his neck and returned.
$1,490,000 Settlement for a Brooklyn production employee who suffered neck and back injuries in a collision with a bus.
$1,350,000 Settlement for a Construction Laborer who had two tips of his palms on his dominant hand amputated in a creation website online twist of fate.
$1,350,000 Settlement on the eve of trial for a production laborer who fell off a roof, fracturing his arm and a bone in his pelvis. The trial turned into venued in Rockland County.
$1,325,000 Settlement simply before trial for a chippie at a production assignment who fell from a ladder that he had placed on top of a rolling scaffold, sustaining lower lower back and knee accidents.
$1,250,000 Settlement for a Queens man who turned into concerned in a motor automobile coincidence and underwent a neck surgical operation.
$1,250,000 Settlement for a Suffolk County electrician who fell from a ladder and injured his backbone.
$1,200,000 for a fifty four 12 months old woman in Nassau County who exacerbated earlier neck and back injuries requiring surgical treatment.
$1,2 hundred,000 for a 50 yr old girl who annoyed a prior neck damage in a motor automobile collision.
$1,one hundred seventy five,000 Settlement on the eve of trial for a girl with long status and preexisting cervical herniations. The victim was struck via unsafely stacked products in a huge grocery store.
$1,050,000 Settlement for a Queens lady injured after a collision with a truck.
$one million Settlement for a Suffolk County lady who underwent a neck surgical procedure after a motor car coincidence.
$a million Settlement following a Jury Verdict in the Bronx for a 14 yr-vintage who had arthroscopic knee surgical procedure after an twist of fate.
Published Articles
Court of Appeals Refuses to Limit Scope of Labor Law Section 240(1), New York Law Journal (January 20, 2012).
Recent Section 240(1) Decisions Offer Guidance, New York Law Journal (November 14, 2011).
Can Injured, Undocumented Construction Workers Recover Lost Wages?, New York Law Journal (February 22, 2010).
Labor Law Symposium, Bill of Particulars (Winter 2010).
Still Debating What Falls Within Labor Law Section 240(1), New York Law Journal (November 1, 2010).
A Look Back At Runner v. New York Stock Exchange: What Did It Mean For Labor Law Section 240?, Bill of Particulars (Fall 2010).
has membershipships
New York State Bar Association
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
New York State Trial Lawyers Association Labor Law Committee
⢠The National Trial Lawyers "Top 40 Under 40"
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Legal Issues
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
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Experience
- Partner
Block O Toole & Murphy
2003
Educations
Graduation year: 2000
