Over $500 Million
recovered

Our client was rear ended on interstate 495 in Montgomery County. Our client was rushed from the scene to Shady Grove Hospital. The accident occurred because the defendant was intoxicated.

Our client struck his head upon impact, and sustained a left-sided subdural hematoma. As a result, he was ultimately admitted into the ICU. He was evaluated, monitored and placed under pain management in an attempt to reduce the brain swelling. After several months he made a complete recovery.

The defendant carrier, Allstate, tendered the full $50,000 policy. Immediately thereafter the UIM carrier GEICO did the same.

Christine Phong ran an asset search on the defendant which revealed he had no assets, and several judgments against him. Therefore, pursuing him personally was not an option. Unlike Virginia, Maryland does not provide punitive damages in drunk driver accident cases like this one. Outstanding bills were reduced by Christine and the case was settled for the full policy amounts.

On March 19, 2019, the client was rear-ended at a red light, causing her to be pushed into the vehicle in front of her. As a result of this accident, the vehicle was declared a total loss. She sustained injuries to her neck, back, and shoulders.

Client was referred to physical therapy by her primary care physician for treatment of the injuries sustained in this accident. After several months of therapy, her condition did not improve. An MRI was ordered and revealed a complete tear of the right rotator cuff.

Client underwent surgical repair of the torn rotator cuff at a surgery center. After the surgery, she was required to remain in a sling for 6 weeks. She was also required to remain immobilized as much as possible and was only to perform very mild home stretching exercises. Following her 6 week immobilization, she began a course of post-operative physical therapy.

The majority of the medical bills were reduced or covered by health insurance. As a result, the client’s net recovery from the liability policy was not largely affected by medical bills.

Defendant ran a stop sign, pulled in front of our client and caused a T-bone collision. Our client was rushed to Harford Memorial Hospital and sustained a broken foot, Available insurance coverage from State Farm and Donegal totaled $100,000. Outstanding medical bills, not paid by health insurance were all written off. As a result, the client netted approximately $60,000 of the $100,000 recovery.

This rearend accident occurred on busy interstate 495 in Montgomery County. Our client was rushed from the scene to Shady Grove Hospital. The accident occurred because the defendant was intoxicated.

Our client struck his head upon impact, and sustained a left-sided subdural hematoma. As a result, he was ultimately admitted into the ICU. He was evaluated, monitored and placed under pain management in an attempt to reduce the brain swelling. After several months he made a complete recovery.

The defendant carrier, Allstate, tendered the full $50,000 policy. Immediately thereafter the UIM carrier GEICO did the same.

Christine Phong ran an asset search on the defendant which revealed he had no assets, and several judgments against him. Therefore, pursuing him personally was not an option. Unlike Virginia, Maryland does not provide punitive damages in drunk driver accident cases like this one. Outstanding bills were reduced by Christine and the case was settled for the full policy amounts.

Prior to suit Allstate offered Mr. Portner it’s full policy of $30,000 but the UIM carrier refused to offer anything. Mr. Portner moved the file to litigation. The claim ultimately settled at the Settlement Conference during litigation. The UIM carrier claimed they had the medicals peer reviewed and injuries were neither significant nor related. The carrier capitulated after months of litigation.

Our client was struck by an unlicensed driver who came into his lane while traveling full speed. He immediately suffered from low back and hip pain. He was followed by an orthopedic surgeon, chiropractor, pain management, and a neurosurgeon in an attempt to find a cure for his pain. He is still left with residual symptoms and will suffer from these injuries for the rest of his life.

This was a dual Allstate claim, we settled with both the liability and UIM policies for their policy limits.

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

Our client was struck by an unlicensed driver who came into his lane while traveling full speed. He immediately suffered from low back and hip pain. He was followed by an orthopedic surgeon, chiropractor, pain management, and a neurosurgeon in an attempt to find a cure for his pain. He is still left with residual symptoms and will suffer from these injuries for the rest of his life.

This was a dual Allstate claim, we settled with both the liability and UIM policies for their policy limits.

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

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.