In February of 2016, the personal injury lawyers at Amaro Law Firm resolved a substantial electrocution injury case shortly before trial against a general contractor and one of the state’s largest commercial property management companies.  Our client was an electrician asked to inspect a build-out electrical job which did not pass the City of Houston’s inspection.  The project received a red tag due to improper grounding of the gutter box behind the shopping center.  The copper from the ground wire was apparently stolen and not guarded.  The general contractor on the build out requested that our client who worked for a subcontractor find out what it would take to pass inspection.  Without notifying the property manager or owner, the general contractor asked our client to go behind the shopping center and open the gutter box.  Shortly after opening the box, it exploded causing significant injuries to our client such from the arc.  Those injuries included second and third degree burns to his face and arms.  He also suffered nerve damage to his forearm.  Fortunately, his employer had worker’s compensation which covered most of the medical care.  However, worker’s compensation does not pay for all of our client’s damages so he hired Amaro Law Firm to help him.  After nearly 2 years of litigation in which the property manager’s own electrician testified against them, the parties were able to reach an amicable resolution which fairly compensated our client.  The settlement was confidential.