Jermaine Hines
Jermaine is an offshore worker we represented after he was injured while doing some manual labor without proper assistance. In this video, he tells his story and what advice he would give to people in his situation.
In 2016, on August 26th, I was working offshore on an oil rig. I heard a pop in my neck, and I dropped from using some heavy equipment, and lost complete feeling on the left side of my body. I had to be medevaced off of the platform to the emergency room. The company doctor was trying to pretty much force me to do physical therapy—things I that I was incapable of doing. The company I worked for basically wanted me to do things their way or the highway. It’s basically how they put it.
All the way around, they put me in a bind. They weren’t concerned about anything that I was facing going on with me physically, mentally, emotionally, or financially.
I was sent, glory to God, by an angel to come to Arnold & Itkin to help me through the process of what I was facing. Arnold & Itkin made sure that I had a doctor who was concerned about my well-being check me thoroughly, who always had follow-ups. If I had any issues, they were on it. There was no hesitation with concern about my well-being or my health when it came to the medical aspect [of my recover].
If you’re looking for an attorney, I would tell anybody to pray first. Then I would tell him to look up Arnold & Itkin because I don’t see any other law firms that I would deal with as far as injuries go. They took care of me. They treated me like family, and that meant a lot to me because, not only did they meet every need that I had, but they guided me all the way through it. If I didn’t have them on my team, I don’t know exactly where I would have been right now today.
It was a blessing, a blessing. Arnold & Itkin, hands-down. I wouldn’t pick no other law firm.
