Over $500 Million
recovered

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.

Client was involved in a York County, VA auto accident where he was first rear-ended, then side-swiped by the defendant. The impact left our client with significant injuries to his neck, back, and hips, after almost a year and a half of medical treatment, it was time to settle his claim. After Mrs. Airey submitted his claim to Farmers Insurance, Mr. Rahi stepped in and filed suit in the Circuit Court of York County Virginia. Mr. Rahi was able to obtain $50,000 from Farmers, and found an additional $25,000 through UM coverage with Meadowbrook Claims. The case settled only because the carrier was aware of a jury trial scheduled within a month.

Our client was traveling on Interstate 95 near Fredericksburg Virginia when she was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer. She sustained left chest wall contusions, radiating neck and back pain. The carrier argued that the injuries did not warrant paying more than the medicals. Mr. Portner argued that the carrier and his client was fortunate the injuries were not more severe. Nevertheless, they were slow to resolve. The case settled for $65,000.

Client was injured when he was driving a company rented vehicle, said someone cut him off and he lost control and went off the road into a building. Client worked for J & K Moving at the time and severally broke his leg which consisted of an open fracture of the shaft of the left tibia, fracture of the upper shaft of the upper end of the right tibia and fracture of the upper end of the left tibia that required numerous surgeries and in-patient rehab. He was paid TTD until such time that his surgeon released him to return to work light duty. Settlement negotiations began in May and a settlement agreement was reached in August to close his case out full and final.