A case that began about
one year ago finally settled this month.
In February last year, our client was crossing Lost Knife Road in
Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland.
She was in a well-established crosswalk when the Defendant driver failed
to pay proper time and attention and struck our client. With the force of the impact, she fell to the
ground and began experiencing intense excruciating pain throughout her whole
body. As a result of her injuries, she
was rushed to the hospital and quickly transferred to Shock Trauma due to the
severity of her injuries.
Preliminary
examination revealed numerous fractures.
Our client endured surgical procedures to repair her injuries, and was
forced to stay at Shock Trauma in recovery.
With
well over $100,000 in medical expenses and substantial pain and suffering, Mr.
Portner and our paralegal on the case, Christine Airey, worked tirelessly in
negotiations with the insurance company.
Ultimately, typical crosswalk liability issues were resolved, and the
carrier offered the amount of the policy: $250,000.
Ms.
Airey spent weeks going back and forth with doctors and hospitals to try and
reduce the medical bills for our client.
After a tremendous amount of work negotiating, Ms. Airey lowered our
client’s medical expenses by more than $50,000.
In other words, in addition to any recovery from the $250,000
settlement, our firm was able to net our client an additional $50,000 from bill
reductions. Mr. Portner notes,
“Oftentimes, this part of the case is the most difficult and is overlooked by
less experienced personal injury lawyers.”
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