Over $500 Million
recovered

Fairfax, Virginia worker's compensation and accident claim. A lawsuit was filed for the auto case. The issue centered on resolving the permanency claim and reducing the lien. Comp issues needed to be resolved first. Claim resolution centered around the Firms ability to reduce the workers’ comp lien by more than 50%.

Our client was delivering Chinese food to a home in Montgomery County. As soon as he approached the property, he was attacked by the customer's bulldog. The dog bit into our client's ear causing him to almost lose half of the right ear. Several surgeries were required to repair the ear. The majority of the medical bills were paid by health insurance and then reduced. The case was resolved by Christine Phong and Jonathan Portner in March, for Allstate’s policy of $100,000.

Carrier: Agency Insurance CompanyPortner & Shure settled a pedestrian accident case in Fairfax, Virginia. The incident happened in July 2015 at the entrance ramp for I-495 as our client was in a marked crosswalk. The Defendant failed to see our client as he was crossing in the crosswalk and struck him directly. Our client suffered severe injuries and spent significant time in the hospital. He was diagnosed with a hip fracture and other injuries. He had close to $500,000 in total medical bills. The Defendant’s policy limit was only $100,000, our paralegals and attorneys had to work tirelessly to get reductions from the hospitals. After a long process of trying to obtain these reductions in order to get our client compensation, we managed to work it out so that our client would net $52,519.38. This was an excellent result considering that we were extremely limited by the low policy limit.

Plaintiff had significant injuries and medical bills as a result of this Baltimore City, MD accident. State Farm claimed the majority were not related. Immediately after taking this case, Mr. Portner had Mr. Ruby file a lawsuit. After the client’s deposition, the case settled for the policy. Lora was then able to get the medical liens drastically reduced.

Plaintiff was driving on Falls Road around a blind curve and hit the back of a tour bus. The bus was stuck and had not used the proper cones to mark that it was out of commission. Plaintiff was traveling twenty miles over the posted speed limit and may have been texting prior to the collision. Defendant argued that contributory negligence served as a bar to recovery. Mr. Portner argued that the blind curve weakened the contributory negligence argument, at least to a factual dispute. Case resolved for $100,000

Slip and fall at Giant. Client injured her knee due to leaky water from a broken freezer. Presuit offer was $68,000. Suit was filed in the Circuit Court for Fairfax County, VA. Case settled for $100,000 approximately one more prior to trial.

Our client was a passenger in a vehicle that was totaled after being rear ended. She had many pre-existing conditions that were exacerbated by this accident. She sought treatment with a physical therapist and pain management for her injuries. After a series of injections she finally received some relief in her back and hip. She was able to recover to her pre-accident condition.

We exhausted the $25,000 policy limits of the liabiliy carrier, Sentry insurance. We pursued a UIM claim through her Geico policy to recover the additional settlement amount to get her a fair offer.

Her Delaware PIP paid most of the bills and did not subrogate, so the client netted over $60,000 of her settlement.

Our client was riding his motorcycle in Baltimore County when the defendant took his right of way and struck him in an intersection. He suffered from 2 crushed fingers and a broken left thumb. He underwent 2 separate procedures to repair his thumb. He missed almost 2 months of work while his thumb was healing. He is still left with residual symptoms and will suffer from these injuries for the rest of his life.

Policy limits were exhausted through the liability carrier, Geico. We pursued a UIM claim through his State Farm policy to obtain a fair recovery for his injuries since he was capped by the amount the defendant carried on their policy. Our first offer from UIM was a mere $8,110 since it is his non-dominant hand. We argued back and forth to ultimately get the UIM carrier to offer a total of $42,000.

Health insurance paid most of the bills so the client netted the majority of his settlement.

Our client was attending a homecoming event at a local high school when a light fixture fell from the ceiling and landed on her head. She sustained a “severe concussion”. In fact, as a result, of the concussion she had to withdraw from classes and spent the next two years experiencing difficulty concentrating and headaches.

The carrier did not value the concussion properly pre-suit and offered only $50,000. After suit was filed in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Jonathan Portner was able to settle the claim for $90,826

Plaintiff was driving on VA-28 Sully Road and was rear-ended. He sustained a severe concussion resulting in nausea and dizziness. In addition, he sustained a spleen laceration. The defendant carrier argued that the only medical treatment was at the Reston Hospital, and argued that the bill was inflated. After the threat of litigation, the case was resolved by Mr. Portner for the available insurance coverage of $75,000. Health insurance paid the entire medical bill and under Virginia law, the liability carrier had no right to subrogation.