Arnold & Itkin LLP Secures $650,000 Settlement in an Unoperated Back Injury Case
Arnold & Itkin LLP attorneys Jeff Seely and Michael Pierce recovered $650,000 on behalf of a Wood Group service technician who was injured in an industrial accident when a third party failed to properly hang a blowout preventer on a land rig. His job was to cut through the casing to allow the rig to be moved. Because it was not secured properly, the 15 ton blowout preventer swung, pinned him up against the wall, and injured his back. The case was pending in Harris County.
In a different lawsuit, J. Mark Brewer sued to SEC in an attempt to get access to frozen retirement accounts. His funds are held by a clearing firm called Pershing, who handled Stanford transactions. Brewer argues that, although, Stanford may be guilty, his dealings with Pershing have nothing to do with his situation. Brewer is one of many investors unhappy with the freezing of their Pershing assets. Some of the others, however, have taken a different approach; they are on board with the SEC's civil lawsuit in Dallas.