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Rescue efforts are currently underway to save the four remaining crew members trapped inside the ship.
09/09/2019

Rescue efforts are currently underway to save the four remaining crew members trapped inside the ship.

Photo: Bobby Haven, AP A massive cargo ship capsized off the coast of Georgia Sunday, trapping four South Korean crew members. Coast Guard rescuers were able to make contact with the missing members by scaling down the side of the ship and drilling a small hole into the hull of the Golden Ray. Extra...

Matt Shaffer does it again! Congratulations for making the Best Lawyers list 8 years in a row!
08/16/2019

Matt Shaffer does it again! Congratulations for making the Best Lawyers list 8 years in a row!

      Matt Shaffer of SMSH Legal has been recognized once again by Best Lawyers in the 26th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© 2020. This is the 8th year in a row that Attorney Matt Shaffer has been recognized by Best Lawyers for his long-standing expertise in Admiralty and Maritime Law. Fo...

A charter bus carrying over 30 passengers hit a guardrail in Rosenberg this morning. Cause of this serious crash is stil...
07/18/2019

A charter bus carrying over 30 passengers hit a guardrail in Rosenberg this morning. Cause of this serious crash is still under investigation

    A charter bus that was headed to Tennessee collided with a guardrail on Interstate 69 this morning. The bus belonged to Transportes Del Norte and was carrying about 33 passengers. No serious injuries were reported, but a few were taken to a nearby hospital as a precaution. It has yet to be det...

A routine exercise turned fatal at a Shell deepwater platform Sunday morning.
07/01/2019

A routine exercise turned fatal at a Shell deepwater platform Sunday morning.

    Shell reported two worker fatalities Sunday morning after a routine training exercise went awry at the company’s Auger Tension Leg Platform in the Gulf of Mexico-just 214 miles south of New Orleans. Another worker suffered non-life threatening injuries and is currently being treated at a nea...

A large portion of the Houston Ship Channel is closed after a major tanker collision Friday resulted in nearly 25,000 ba...
05/11/2019

A large portion of the Houston Ship Channel is closed after a major tanker collision Friday resulted in nearly 25,000 barrels of gas leakage in the water. Area residents have been warned of potential air quality and marine threats.

    A tugboat pushing two barges collided with a 755- foot tanker Friday afternoon near Bayport, Texas, resulting in an estimated 25,000 barrels of gas leaking into the Houston Ship Channel. The impact was so severe that it left the Genesis River tanker nearly split into two. One of the barges cap...

A large portion of the Houston Ship Channel is closed after a major tanker collision Friday resulted in nearly 25,000 ba...
05/11/2019

A large portion of the Houston Ship Channel is closed after a major tanker collision Friday resulted in nearly 25,000 barrels of gas leakage into the water. Area residents have been warned of potential air quality and marine threats.

    A tugboat pushing two barges collided with a 755- foot tanker Friday afternoon near Bayport, Texas, resulting in an estimated 25,000 barrels of gas leaking into the Houston Ship Channel. The impact was so severe that it left the Genesis River tanker nearly split into two. One of the barges cap...

09/14/2018

Key features are set to roll out in the coming months.

Uber releases new safety measures as a way to better protect passengers and drivers, and some of these will be available...
09/14/2018

Uber releases new safety measures as a way to better protect passengers and drivers, and some of these will be available on the app! Keep in the know and find out what they are!

Key features are set to roll out in the coming months.

SMSH Legal partners Arthur Schechter, Dennis McElwee, and Matthew Shaffer have been recognized in the 25th Edition of Th...
08/15/2018

SMSH Legal partners Arthur Schechter, Dennis McElwee, and Matthew Shaffer have been recognized in the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© 2019! Please join us in congratulating them for this outstanding achievement!

Partners Arthur Schechter, Dennis McElwee and Matthew Shaffer of SMSH Legal were included in the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© 2019. Schechter was recognized in the field of Personal Injury Litigation- Plaintiffs, and McElwee and Shaffer were recognized in the field of Admiralty and ...

A duck boat tour in Branson, MO went awry after a thunderstorm hit the area Thursday night, causing the boat to capsize ...
07/20/2018

A duck boat tour in Branson, MO went awry after a thunderstorm hit the area Thursday night, causing the boat to capsize and sink. As of today, 17 people are confirmed dead.

Stormy weather believed to be main contributor.

Those involved in an auto wreck or any other type of personal injury often wonder if hiring an attorney is necessary...a...
07/13/2018

Those involved in an auto wreck or any other type of personal injury often wonder if hiring an attorney is necessary...and if so, how long will the process of filing a personal injury claim take?!? Get those answers and more in just one click!

The deciding factor can come down to the client's patience and participation!

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