Personal Injury Case Results – Over $1 Billion Recovered

Our client suffered from a brain injury and multiple fractures to his leg, ribs and skull while working on board a ship.

Client Received Total: $1,389,193.04

In January 2011, SMSH Attorney Arthur Schechter won a $1,922,324.36 verdict for a maritime worker suffered a broken leg, back injuries and lost two fingers when a crane lift failed because of faulty slings. Read more.

Total Judgment: $1,922,324.36 (Plaintiff settled with his employer for a confidential amount prior to trial) Case is currently on appeal.

Gerald Orvis came to Jonathan Sol Harris to get answers when his 8-year-old son was electrocuted to death while sitting on a fishing pier. Jonathan Sol Harris and his team at Schechter, Shaffer & Harris, LLP obtained a court order not to destroy any evidence and then hired a team of experts to conduct a detailed forensic evaluation of the electrical system.

Client Received: $970,145.60

On April 20, 2007, while working as blasters on an offshore rig, our two clients injured their backs when staging collapsed due to breakage of frayed line. They also sustained severe lacerations due to a defective water blasting gun supplied by Defendants.

Client Received Total: $933,097.85

Our client was killed when he fell off of a billboard that he was maintaining.

Client Received Total: $747,789.25 to his estate