Record-Setting Offshore Injury Settlement For Client Working on an Offshore Drillship

We were in completion mode, preparing to finish a job, when the incident happened. An ex-employee was running the utility winch and, instead of stopping, he picked it up too high. A piece of iron swung across the floor and hit me in the back of the leg. The force drove me about ten feet.

The next morning, they flew me to the emergency room. After scans, the doctor told me my knee was in bad shape. I had a complete ACL tear, a fractured tibia that required screws, and they had to trim the inner meniscus. That was my first surgery.

I’ve spent 26 years in the oil field. When they dropped my disability, I had no choice but to call Zehl & Associates. From the very beginning, the experience was great. I never ran into a problem that someone there couldn’t answer. Justin did a fantastic job—we connected well, and I could call him at any time. Everything just worked out.

I’m an old-school worker. I thought this was an injury I could push past and move forward from, but I just wasn’t able to. The day before I was supposed to go to mediation, the case was settled. We had struggled for two years, and with the settlement, now we can finally move forward and put it all behind us. That’s exactly what I’m ready to do—move forward.

Go see Zehl & Associates. From top to bottom, there are no complaints. In my experience, they’re good people who truly care about what they’re doing.