Personal Injury Lawyers

Practice Areas

Personal Injury | Medical Malpractice | Legal Malpractice
Class Actions | Insurance Claims | Whistleblower
Other Injuries

Personal Injury

We believe people deserve compensation for personal injuries caused by the wrongdoing of others. For over 40 years, we have been representing the victims of automobile accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, slip & falls, dog bites, dangerous products and other acts of negligence. We have worked with clients who have suffered burns, paralysis, broken bones, ruptured discs, and many other serious injuries.

At Goren, Goren & Harris, we have set records with our jury verdicts and settlements. As you can see by our resume, we are experienced, credentialed and respected. We handle large and small cases. We have written articles and lectured to other lawyers on the complex problems involved when a catastrophic injury or death destroys an individual's life plans.

We work on a contingency basis - we don't get paid unless you get paid. Of course, you may always call us free of charge, or contact us, for a completely free consultation. We handle the following types of injuries:

Medical or Legal Malpractice

Malpractice means negligence by a professional. A doctor or hospital can be sued for failing to order tests, missing a diagnosis, delaying treatment or other unreasonable conduct which causes injury to a patient. Likewise, a lawyer may commit a malpractice if he misses a deadline or otherwise breaches his professional duties - thus costing you money. Malpractice cases are almost always very hotly contested. Doctors rarely will admit they have done wrong - and can almost always find a colleague to defend their professional judgment. Law firms accepting malpractice cases must invest substantial time and lots of money to help prove that the care (or lack of it) caused the patient's bad outcome.

Goren, Goren & Harris has the resources and experience to handle this challenging area of law. We receive referrals from other lawyers and handle cases throughout Michigan and Ohio, as well as co-counsel with a network of attorneys across the nation. We hold the record for the largest malpractice verdict in Lapeer County, and are in a select group of attorneys who have repeatedly obtained recoveries exceeding a million dollars. We have experience with many different areas of medical malpractice. We have obtained numerous large recoveries for the victims of cerebral palsy, meningitis, breast cancer, bone fractures, infections, heart attacks, emergency room mishaps, delayed diagnosis, and many other medical tragedies. In addition, Steven E. Goren has written about and lectured on Michigan's Wrongful Death Act.

If you have a possible medical malpractice case, please call us or contact us for a totally free case evaluation. We do not charge for consultations. All of our cases are taken on a contingency basis - we don't get paid unless you get paid. We handle the following kinds of malpractice cases:

Bacterial meningitis
Bariatric surgeries
Birth injury and Cerebral palsy
Diagnosis and Treatment Delay
Heart attacks
Hospital mistake and nursing error
Infection/Sepsis
Legal malpractice
Malrotation
Medical malpractice including physician negligence
Nursing home claims
Paralysis
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Spinal Meningitis
Wrongful death lawsuits
Breast cancer
Cervical cancer
Prostate cancer
Anesthesia errors
Prescription errors
Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment

BEWARE: There is a time limit for bringing malpractice cases, and it's not very long.

Class Actions

Class actions are lawsuits where one person, who individually may have only suffered a minor loss, represents a large group of individuals with a similar problem. False advertising can lead to a large recovery for a group of deceived consumers. Michigan and Ohio have some very strong laws regulating advertising. For example, Michigan law requires all terms and conditions to be stated in equal prominence with the word "free." Unfortunately, many businesses do not obey the law. Some ads hide the terms and conditions in the fine print. Even worse, some ads require you to go to the store before you learn the terms and conditions. Using the word "free" in this way is an unfair and deceptive action and is a violation of Michigan's Consumer Protection Act.

Steven E. Goren has handled numerous class actions, has lectured lawyers on class actions and helped author the National Association of Consumer Advocates' Standards and Guidelines for Litigating and Settling Consumer Class Actions (click here for a summary of the Guidelines). Goren, Goren & Harris has handled numerous consumer class actions involving false advertising and the deceptive use of the word "free." When an appliance store promised "Free Airfare for Two" to Florida, Bahamas or Hawaii with a purchase over $200, we sued. It sounded too good to be true and it was. There were so many restrictions, taxes and other conditions that the offer itself was worthless. After our firm stepped in, a class of 30,000 Michigan consumers obtained compensation.

A good case involves a business that is well established and won't disappear or declare bankruptcy as soon as a lawsuit is filed. Ideally, many consumers will have suffered the same loss, even if no one consumer has suffered a great harm. There are many factors that must be examined in deciding whether to bring a class action. Examples of possible cases include using the word "free" without disclosing in the ad all the terms and conditions (the cellular phone companies regularly violate this law), unauthorized fees (e.g. a mortgage company making you pay to find out the payoff amount, or to record the mortgage release), and unfair or hidden charges for using a service (if you have paid for a 900 call to a psychic, we would like to hear from you - you probably have a case).

At Goren, Goren & Harris, we are here to help the victims of deceptive or unfair business practices. We do not get paid unless you do - and we force the business to pay our legal fee. The types of class actions we've represented include:

Consumer cases
Deceptive sales tactics
False advertising
Financial and usury lawsuits
Privacy violations
Unfair trade practices

Do you feel cheated? Were lots of other people cheated in the same way? If so, please give us a call, or contact us for a completely free consultation. We want to hear from you.

Insurance Claims

If you don't understand your legal rights, you may say or sign something that gives the insurance company the upper hand. Insurance companies will like that. You won't. At Goren, Goren & Harris, we have years of experience dealing with unscrupulous insurance companies that will do anything to get out of a claim. Our firm has been litigating issues regarding insurance bad faith for over four decades. We handle the following types of insurance claims:

Disability insurance
ERISA benefits
No-fault personal injury protection (PIP) insurance
Uninsured motorist (UM) and underinsured motoristist (UIM) claims

Whistleblower Qui Tam Law

If you are aware of fraud against the United States government, at your company, university or even at another business or university, you may be entitled to collect a reward of 15% to 30% of the total amount of the fraudulent billings recovered by the government. To learn more, click here...

Other Injuries

We have represented people with many different types of injuries. Many of our clients have been in major accidents and have suffered serious injury, but we also help those with less serious injuries.

We have come to know the anatomy of the body, and the special physical and emotional problems our clients have suffered as a result of injuries causing:

Remember: As contingent fee lawyers, we do not charge a fee unless you recover money. Winning has kept us in business since 1968.

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