Murphy also represents nine families affected by the Lincoln Park collapse in wrongful-death and personal-injury lawsuits against building owner L.G. Properties. The cases are collectively inching toward a settlement.
That tragedy led to the adoption of one of the nation's strictest building codes for newly constructed porches and prompted inspectors and city attorneys to step up scrutiny of building owners who ignored porch hazards for years, said John Q. Kelly, a New York catastrophic injury lawyer.
