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We are committed to protecting the rights of injured accident victims. The firm never represents insurance companies or product manufacturers. We only help people!

We have represented thousands of people, including some of the largest and most important injury cases ever brought in the United States.

In the single largest damages case in the history of the world, our attorneys were selected by the Arizona Attorney General as the only Arizona law firm to represent the State against American tobacco companies. As a result, Arizona taxpayers will receive more than three billion dollars to cover the costs of treating tobacco-related illnesses, maintain educational programs to prevent young people from smoking, and fund other important State programs.

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At our firm, your injury claim will be personally handled or supervised by one or more of our certified injury specialists.

Only about 1% of Arizona attorneys have achieved the level of experience and skill required to be certified as personal injury specialists by the State Bar of Arizona. This extra skill costs you no more.

Our personal injury lawyers and staff have the special knowledge and skill required to expertly handle personal injury cases in specialized areas of the law. We have the experience and resources to take on the largest corporations, insurance companies, and governments in the interest of getting justice and proper financial compensation for our injured clients.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident, we would like to help you. It is important that you get expert advice as soon as possible following an accident. Prompt investigations and preservation of evidence may be critical to the success of your claim.

We will handle everything for you, eliminating the hassles associated with the legal and insurance aspects of your personal injury case.

The Yamaha Rhino is marketed as a side-by-side all-terrain vehicle. The tendency of the Rhino to rollover during normal use has resulted in serious injuries and death.

Drivers and passengers have sustained injuries including crushed limbs, severed limbs, crushed and perforated organs and broken bones.

August 18, 2006—A New Orleans jury awarded our Vioxx client, Mr. Gerald Barnett, $51 million in damages. The jury found that Merck, the drug's manufacturer, "acted in wanton, malicious, willful or reckless disregard" for Mr. Barnett's rights.

Mr. Barnett, a retired F.B.I. agent, underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery after a heart attack at the age of 58. He took Vioxx for 31 months before his heart attack in July 2002, and continued to take it for another two years.

He discontinued it just one week before Merck pulled it from the market in September 2004, following release of a study that showed an increased risk of heart attack and strokes by Vioxx users.

Lead trial counsel, Mark Robinson, is working with O'Steen & Harrison to assist a number of seriously injured Vioxx users.

March 2, 2006—The FDA announced that it is launching a safety review of Ortho Evra birth control patches, following evidence that the patch is associated with increased side effects. The agency previously warned women in November 2005 that Ortho Evra was linked with higher incidences of blood clots.

Reports from the FDA show that at least 17 women using Ortho Evra have died of blood clots since the patch was approved in November 2001.

If you or a loved one has used Ortho Evra birth control patches, we encourage you to learn more about the Ortho Evra side effects.

O'Steen & Harrison represents people who have been injured as a result of asbestos exposure in the workplace or home. We will represent both the victims and their families and loved ones in cases against asbestos manufacturers.

Because the law limits the time an injured person may file a lawsuit for injuries resulting from asbestos exposure, we encourage you to contact us immediately if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma.

In 1977, Van O'Steen went to the United States Supreme Court and won the landmark case giving lawyers and other professionals the right to advertise.

Before 1977, lawyers in all 50 states were prohibited from advertising. They could not even publish their fees or information about important legal rights.

Mr. O'Steen took this important case to the Supreme Court because of his sincere belief that consumers were being harmed by not receiving helpful information.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed, and, as a result, people now receive useful information about an assortment of professional services they might need.

Esquire Magazine featured Mr. O'Steen in an article entitled "Van O'Steen Brings the Law to the People." He was designated a member of "America's New Leadership Class."

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