Over $500 Million
recovered

While driving home from work on Ashburn Road at its intersection with Gloucester Parkway, our client yielded to a fire truck. As soon as she stopped, she was violently rear-ended by a Geico insured vehicle. She struck her head on the steering wheel and her car was pushed across the road. Immediately thereafter she was rushed by ambulance to Fairfax Hospital, where she was diagnosed with a right-sided nerve root encroachment.

For nearly a year, she underwent physical therapy, acupuncture, and chiropractic care and saw a neurologist for persistent headaches. Additional diagnosis was post-concussion syndrome.

Medical bills were all paid by health insurance. The carrier had no right of subrogation. The client’s issues with her neck and back fully resolved in treatment. The value of a slow to resolve concussion was argued back and forth. The case settled for $155,000.

Progressive Insurance Company

Our client was riding his bicycle when the Defendant made a sudden left turn and struck him. The client’s right foot was crushed between the car and the bike. Progressive was the liability carrier and ultimately tendered a $100,000 policy when it became apparent our client required foot surgery. USAA then was persuaded to tender an additional $50,000 as a result of UIM coverage. Medicals were paid by health insurance. Tricare noted a lien of approximately $84,000, which our paralegal Diane Lazo was able to reduce to $33,000.

At the time of this accident, our client was a passenger in a car driven by his older sister. The car was T-boned after Defendant failed to stop at a stop sign. The police cited the negligent defendant-Driver for failing to maintain control and stop at a posted stop sign.

This young person was admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with a spleen laceration and concussion. She required in-hospital treatment. Even after being released from the hospital, our client required to care for the prolonged headaches and dizziness because of her concussions.

Our client had substantial medical bills, amounting to approximately $75,000. However, we were able to get these bills reduced by nearly half, thus providing more benefits directly to our client. After thorough negotiations, we were able to settle for $150,000.

Plaintiff was on vacation with her family at the resort and was enjoying a day of snow tubing. As the plaintiff hurdled down the slope she was unable to stop and crashed into a wall injuring her knee. The insurance company for the resort argued that the plaintiffs claim would be barred by the Virginia Timshare Immunity Act. Further, the resort argued that all customers sign a waiver form for negligence and assumption of risk that protects the resort from liability. Jonathan Portner and Sandy Horseman successfully proved to the insurance company that their defenses were without merit and would not prevail at trial.

• Client suffered a torn ligament in her right knee.
• Plaintiff: R.G.

Our client was a passenger in a car that was t-boned by an Allstate insured vehicle. Liability was not in dispute since the defendant ran a stop sign.

Our client was a young teenager who sustained a lacerated spleen and experienced concussions that were slow to resolve. Arguing the severity of concussion symptoms depends solely on eliciting from the client their experiences with the difficulties they encountered due to the headaches and dizziness over a period of time. This was illicted in great detail with the help of the client’s parents and the case resolved for $150,000.

Our client was a passenger in a Chrysler when it was struck by a tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer had failed to yield the right of way while making a left turn.

Based upon the large impact, our client sustained fractures to her finger and rib. She required surgery to repair her fractured finger.

However, as the defense argued, our client’s medical expenses amounted to less than $40,000.

We explained to the insurance company that because our client had a pre-existing condition of Parkinson’s disease, the requisite surgery and her recovery were extremely difficult.

After back-and-forth negotiations, we convinced the insurance company to settle at $150,000.

In the spring of 2022, Portner & Shure recovered $150,000 on behalf of a client who was severely injured due to a negligent driver in Washington, D.C. The lawsuit was filed in Prince George’s County Circuit Court after the James River Insurance Company refused to offer more than $25,000.

Our client was driving straight through an intersection when the Defendant turned left directly into our client’s right of way and negligently caused a collision. The Defendant was issued a citation for failing to yield to our client.

Our client suffered various injuries, including a concussion and a shoulder labrum tear that required surgery. Our team was prepared to go to trial after receiving a low settlement offer, but the Defendant subsequently admitted liability and our client was able to settle and recover substantial compensation.

Claim against Erie Insurance Group. Maryland car accident claim. Client required right shoulder arthroscopy. No permanency. Rehabilitation was done over approximately four months.

Automobile accident action arising from a collision on June 18, 2021. Our client was traveling Northbound on Clark Station Road and was struck by the at-fault driver at the intersection of Old Donaldson Road and Clarke Station. The airbags in our client’s vehicle were deployed and her car was undriveable after the accident.

As a result of the accident, our client fractured a metacarpal in her left hand and suffered from a displaced fracture of a metacarpal on her right hand. Our client required a splint for her left head. Unfortunately, our client required surgery on her right hand which involved the placement of pins.

Jonathan Portner was able to settle the case and recover $140,000 on behalf of the Firm’s client.

Our client sustained permanent injuries due to the negligence of an intoxicated driver. The client swerved to avoid the collision causing the vehicle to go into a ditch and catch fire. Our client sustained bilateral broken heels, 2^nd degree burns and sciatic nerve damage. After months of treatment, our client was diagnosed with Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome which unfortunately does not have a cure as of today. Due to the nature of our client’s injuries, and the limited available insurance coverage, the at fault insurance company tendered its $100,000 limits upon request of policy limits. While the client’s insurance company provided 35,000. Our Paralegal, Beth Arbogast, had to obtain extensive reductions from the health insurance carrier. In the end, almost all liens and bills were written off. Our client netted over fifty percent of the total settlement offer.