At Harris Law, our team is comprised of the finest lawyers. Our litigation team is always working to ensure that clients throughout the state of Michigan receive the best legal representation possible.
With law offices in Gaylord, Petoskey, and Detroit, we have the attorneys you are looking for. Recently, our attorneys have been working on many cases covering a wide range of legal services, and have had favorable results in many of those cases.
Personal Injury Settlements & Verdicts
- $950,000 Settlement – wrongful death at a construction site
- $1,750,000 Settlement – wrongful death involving an inmate
- $450,000 Settlement – motorcycle accident; fractured ankle
- $450,000 Settlement — wrongful death action involving nursing home
- $525,000 Settlement — construction accident — employee crushed by unstable wall resulting in wrongful death
- $325,000 Settlement — snowmobile accident resulting in closed head injury and complete disability of minor
- $54,000 Settlement — dog bite injury; 11 year old girl received numerous lacerations to her legs from a dog attack. After sutures, she healed well, however became fearful of dogs
- $250,000 Settlement — automobile accident; full insurance policy limit settlement for bilateral wrist injuries from a head-on collision
- $50,000 Settlement — automobile accident; full insurance policy limit settlement for scarring to face
- $69,500 Settlement — automobile accident; aggravation of a tendon injury in the shoulder
- $75,000 Settlement — automobile accident; fracture to left ankle in a disputed liability case
- $200,000 Settlement — automobile accident; full insurance policy limit settlement for tibia/fibia fracture and left wrist injury
- $500,000 Settlement — wrongful death; full policy limit offer prior to filing lawsuit
- $228,000 Jury Verdict — tear to biceps tendon in non-dominant arm; highest offer prior to trial was $21,000
- $75,000 Settlement — dog bite settlement for bite to face with near full recovery
- $500,000 Settlement — wrongful death action
- $900,000 Settlement — wrongful death action involving semi-truck accident
- $625,000 Settlement — closed head injury from truck accident
- $285,000 Settlement — fractured hip and wrist from motorcycle/automobile accident
- $290,000 Settlement — automobile accident with numerous fractures and closed head injury
- Six Figure Confidential Settlement — for breach of commercial contract
- $1,258,000 Jury Award (before reductions) — construction accident-employee slipped and fell walking to work injuring his back (Dan Harris co-counsel)
- $239,000 Settlement — paint ball injury to eye with near total recovery
- $160,000 Settlement — claim for fire damage for underinsured home against agent for failing to properly advise clients
- $30,000 Jury Award — tendonitis to elbow-insurance company offered $500 pre-trial
- $100,000 Settlement — facial scarring from automobile accident with near full recovery
- $75,000 Settlement — broken jaw in car accident
- $120,000 Settlement — work related injury that occurred in 1991 after which worker returned to work for 14 years
- $92,500 Settlement — injured neck in car accident, full recovery after surgery
- $100,000 Jury Verdict — 5 day will contest trial which $7,000 was offered to settle
- $300,000 Settlement — car/bicycle accident with brain injuries that resolved (Dan Harris co-counsel)
- $1,750,000 – trucking accident with multiple severe orthopedic injuries
- $550,000 – millwright suffered non-fatal electrocution causing trauma and nerve damage to foot/ankle
- $480,000 – slip and fall on jobsite with shoulder and knee injury
- $495,000 – crush injury to leg on worksite
- $850,000 – trucking accident causing severe ankle injury
- $325,000 – pit bull attack to young girl causing facial scarring. Was able to pay for revision surgery and significant income into the future.
- $181,264.75 Jury Verdict – first-party automobile accident
- $1,920,000 Verdict — construction accident; 9-year-old case
Notable Criminal Jury Verdicts
- NOT GUILTY — charges of embezzlement between $8,000 and $10,000
- NOT GUILTY – woman charged with assault and battery (jury deliberated 10 minutes)
- NOT GUILTY — two felonies after police found 4 ½ lbs. Marijuana and approximately 30 pills of meth in clients vehicle, guilty of misdemeanor possession
- NOT GUILTY — aggravated assault and domestic violence with allegations of broken leg and orthopedic surgeon testify for alleged victim
- NOT GUILTY — conspiracy to obtain by fraud and possession of methadone
- NOT GUILTY — resisting and obstructing a police officer
- NOT GUILTY — alleged embezzlement from employer of tools
- NOT GUILTY — operating Under the Influence of Drugs causing great bodily injury
- NOT GUILTY — man charged with Aggravated Assault and Assault and Battery
- HUNG JURY — an alleged control buy from Straights Area Narcotics of Methodone and Marijuana. The jury deliberated for approximately 7 hours and could not reach a verdict.
- NOT GUILTY — two counts of domestic violence and one count of assault and battery. No witnesses for defense. Jury deliberated approximately 15 minutes.
Notable Resolutions
- Criminal Sexual Conduct First Degree (Life Offense): dismissed one week before trial
- Criminal Sexual Conduct Third Degree: dismissed
- Custody: Obtained full physical custody of seven-year old daughter for father after contested hearing (trial)
- Custody: Obtained full physical custody of son for father despite the fact that client/father had no relationship with the son for the first several years of his life
- Divorce/Custody: Successfully tried several custody matters on behalf of mothers and fathers obtaining full custody of children as well as joint physical custody of children
- OWI II & Possession Marijuana-plea reckless driving
- 3 counts Assaulting Officer-after picked jury-reduced to one misdemeanor
- Safe Breaking (life offense)-dismissed day before trial
- OWI I-numerous dismissals
Attorney Advertising: Case results depend upon a variety of factors unique to each case. Case results do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case.