Columbia, MD
Car accident Lawyer at Columbia, MD
Practice Areas: Car Accidents, Workers Compensation ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Settled for GEICO's policy limits of $100,000.00
Plaintiff was traveling straight when he was struck by a Porshe traveling in excess of 100 mph. The impact caused the Plaintiff's vehicle to leave the roadway and overturn. Plaintiff suffered 2 fractu ... res of the cervical spine which required emergency anterior cervical diskectomey and fusion.
OUTCOME: Jury Awards $96,500.00
Plaintiff was shopping for a patio umbrella at Lowes when an umbrella, which was not safely secured broke free, and came down crushing her finger.
OUTCOME: Settled for $90,000.00
Tearing down a part of a building and fell off the wall approx. 11ft to the ground. Claimant had a broken right wrist, face, right eye, shoulder injuries, and fractured teeth
OUTCOME: Commission Awards $134,865.00
Claimant fell off of scaffolding twenty feet to the ground. Injuries: He suffered a L1 burst fracture (fractured vertebrae). Following the surgery the claimant experienced severe pain and weakness i ... n his back resulting in significant physical limitations. In addition, claimant experienced erectile dysfunction and bowel and bladder problems commonly attributable to serious back injuries.
OUTCOME: Settled for $85,882.00
Claimant fell while exiting lawn mower and injured his left shoulder. His injuries required multiple surgeries. He also had a significant medical history for prior injuries and surgeries.
OUTCOME: Jury Awards $1,000,000.00
I along with co-counsel, represented an employee working at the EPA Building in Washington, D.C. the case involved multiple defendants. The first part of the case required a seek week jury trial.
OUTCOME: Settled for $150,000.00
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.
OUTCOME: Jury Awards $300,000.00
Plaintiff was a pedestrian that was pinned between two vehicles. Collision occurred when Defendant vehicle made a left turn in front of oncoming traffic, striking that vehicle and forcing it to jump th ... e curb and strike the pedestrian, pinning him between two vehicles.
OUTCOME: Jury Awards $366,000.00
On November 15, 2008, the Plaintiff was carefully walking down the steps at or near the main entryway to the apartment building located at 9923 Good Luck Road, Lanham, Maryland 20706, when she stepped ... to the right to avoid stepping in a puddle and fell over the ledge leading to the lower level apartment's balcony. The Plaintiff alleged that her fall occurred because the Defendants failed to place a railing in between the walkway and the drop off to the lower level balcony. The Plaintiff suffered from significant injuries to her right knee, requiring surgery. Defendant filed numerous motions to strike the Plaintiff’s case, maintaining that there was insufficient evidence to reflect that they had done anything wrong. They claimed that because the building was over 50 years old at the time of the fall a lack of a railing did not violate the Prince George’s County Building Code and that even if there was a current violation, that they were "grandfathered" in. The Prince George’s County Circuit Court Judge, denied their Motions, and the case proceeded to trial. At trial, Plaintiff presented evidence that a railing was required, and that because the apartment management company had done retro-fit work on the apartment, just months before the Plaintiff’s fall, that the "grandfathering" argument was not applicable. Furthermore, the Plaintiff presented evidence that the area where the Plaintiff fell was inherently dangerous and needed to be corrected.
OUTCOME: Settled for $500,000.00
Parties remain confidential in this contested liability wrongful death case. Plaintiff was an elderly gentleman with a wife and one adult child. He was initially severely injured in an automobile a ... ccident where his vehicle struck a tree. He initially lost consciousness, but regained consciousness while being transported to the hospital. During the first twenty four hours of his hospitalization, the plaintiff experienced hypotension which required intense hemodynamic resuscitation to prevent secondary brain injury, as well as an increase in the size of a hematoma on his brain which required constant monitoring. During a break in his sedation, the attending nurse left the Plaintiff unrestrained and he violently removed his endotrachea tube (breathing tube). The nurse ultimately admitted during deposition that she left the hospital room and attended another emergency call, despite the order that the Plaintiff have constant supervision if not restrained. Hospital staff and physicians made no attempt to re-intubate the Plaintiff for over three hours. The Plaintiff decompensated during that time period and ultimately never regained consciousness. The Defendants maintained that due to the increasing size of the hematoma to the Plaintiff’s brain, as well as his advanced age, the expectation for any meaningful recovery was minimal. Portner and Shure was prepared to demonstrate that prior to his violent extubation, he had made marked improvement and was on the road to recovery.