Practice Areas
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:
- Automobile accident
- Bicycle accidents
- Boating and jet ski accidents
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD)
- Closed head injuries
- Construction site negligence
- Defective machines
- Defective roads and sidewalks
- Dog bites
- Dramshop and other drunk driving injuries and deaths
- Electrical accidents
- Forklift accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Negligence action
- Paralysis
- Pedestrian – auto accidents
- Product liability
- Slip and fall
- Spinal cord injury
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trip and fall
- Truck accidents
- Unsafe products
- Wrongful death
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 are licensed to handle cases in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. We also co-counsel nationwide to assist clients throughout the country. 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 consultation. All of our cases are taken on a contingency basis – we don’t get paid unless you get paid. Our attorneys have experience in various areas of medical malpractice, including the following:
- 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
- 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.
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. Mr. Goren has pursued Class Action claims involving the following areas:
- Consumer Cases
- Deceptive Sales Tactics
- False Advertising
- Banking/Financial Services Fraud
- Privacy Violations
- Unfair Trade Practices
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.
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:
- Amputation
- Artificial hip, artificial knee and other joint replacement issues
- Avascular necrosis
- Birth trauma
- Blindness and other injuries to the eyes
- Breast cancer, cervical cancer, and other cancers
- Broken leg, broken arm, broken wrist, broken ankle and other fractures
- Burns
- Cerebral palsy
- Closed head injuries and traumatic brain injury
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Death
- Heart attacks
- Hydrocephalus
- Kidney failure
- Neck and back injuries
- Meningitis and meningococcemia
- Post traumatic stress disorder
- Quadriplegia and paraplegia and other spinal cord injuries
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) syndrome
- Strokes
- Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ), jaw injuries, dental injuries
- Whiplash, connective tissue and other soft tissue injury
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunts or VP shunts
Remember: As contingent fee lawyers, we do not charge a fee unless you recover money. Winning has kept us in business since 1968.







