Houston, TX
Admiralty and maritime Lawyer at Houston, TX
Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime, Trucking Accident, Personal Injury
OUTCOME: $20.6 million settlement
Co-counsel on confidential settlement on behalf of multiple plaintiffs who suffered catastrophic burn injuries in a Texas oil industry explosion. Defendants denied responsibility throughout litigation. ... The firm mobilized specialists within days of the incident, defeated multiple motions to dismiss, and resolved the case following extensive expert and liability development.
OUTCOME: $12.56 million settlement
Co-counsel on settlement on behalf of plaintiffs severely injured in a separate oilfield explosion at a Texas oil and gas facility, resolved the same month.
OUTCOME: $12.6 million settlement
Morrow & Sheppard burn injury lawyers represented an injured worker in connection with electrocution injuries and burn injuries sustained on the job. Various defendants settled before trial, and the ca ... se proceeded to jury trial against one remaining defendant. The remaining defendant settled for a confidential sum after jury selection. All defendants denied liability and claimed the plaintiff was at fault for his own injuries. While many of our potential clients (injured workers) assume they would be required to sue their own employer to recover damages, in this case and many others, Morrow & Sheppard have been able to assert third party claims and recover from various defendants other than the plaintiff’s employer.
OUTCOME: $10.5 million settlement
Settlement on behalf of two plaintiffs who suffered severe burns and other serious injuries while cleaning a tank at a remote Texas oilfield site when an explosion occurred. Defendants denied responsib ... ility and attempted to attribute fault to the plaintiffs. The firm assembled oilfield safety and explosion experts, conducted more than two dozen depositions, and defeated multiple defense motions to dismiss before resolving the case in under 24 months.
OUTCOME: $3.8 million settlement
Settlement on behalf of a plaintiff who suffered severe chemical burn injuries.
OUTCOME: $4 million settlement during trial
Negligent security wrongful death case in Texas resolved during trial following a unanimous jury finding of negligence. Multiple other firms had declined the case.
OUTCOME: $9.8 million settlement
Settlement on behalf of a plaintiff who suffered a traumatic brain injury.
OUTCOME: $5.9 million settlement
Maritime injury recovery.
OUTCOME: $3.2 million unanimous jury verdict
Unanimous Jones Act jury verdict for a deckhand who suffered serious shoulder and cervical spine injuries during a personnel basket transfer operation on the M/V Dustin Danos in the Gulf of Mexico. The ... incident occurred when the ship captain engaged the vessel's controls while the plaintiff was being transferred via personnel basket, causing the vessel to move forward and the basket to jerk violently. The captain was on his phone and not attending to the operation at the time. Morrow & Sheppard developed percipient witness testimony establishing the vessel was moving during the transfer, and retained maritime safety, life care planning, vocational rehabilitation, and economic experts to prove the full scope of damages. The nine-person jury found REC Marine Logistics, LLC and Offshore Transport Services, LLC liable for $1.7 million in compensatory damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages after finding the defendants acted willfully and arbitrarily in failing to provide maintenance and cure benefits. The defendants appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which affirmed the judgment. With interest, costs, and attorneys' fees, the total recovery exceeded $4 million.
OUTCOME: $4.9 million settlement
Jones Act settlement on behalf of an injured offshore worker.
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