Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher is widely known for having one of the most experienced and skilled group of trial lawyers of any private law firm in Prince Georges County. Many of the lawyers were former prosecutors who tried hundreds of jury trials each. Most of the personal injury lawyers at SCB have years of experience dealing with insurance companies. These lawyers have tried hundreds of cases to verdict before judges and juries. In plaintiffs' cases, SCB attempts to provide their clients the best possible options. Quality settlements only occur in cases where the insurance company knows your lawyer is willing and able to try a good case. It is always our hope that we will be able to enter into a settlement which is worthy of consideration by our clients. But this is not always possible. The lawyers at SCB have obtained numerous verdicts at trial in excess of the insurance policy limits in cases where the insurance companies have refused to offer their policy limits prior to trial. Below is a sample of verdicts and settlements obtained by some of the lawyers at SCB.

In 2011, George Patterson obtained an award of over $106,000 against a Crofton developer that cleared trees from his client's undeveloped lot in Bowie, Maryland that he had purchased for $115,000. The developer never obtained written permission to remove the trees. The judge hearing the case ruled that the developer should pay three times the cost to restore the property, plus legal fees, and costs.

On February 16, 2011, George Patterson obtained a judgment for $1,576,747.00 in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County located in Rockville, Maryland. The award represented the maximum amount allowed by law for non-economic damages plus the complete medical bills for the survivor of a severe head-on collision. The client sustained fractures to his leg, pelvis, neck, back and elbow. The client, a resident of Damascus, Maryland battled severe infections from the surgical wounds to repair his badly fractured leg. The antibiotics he was given resulted in a Clostridium difficile (C-diff) infection of his colon that necessitated the removal of his large intestine. Mr. Patterson also recovered $150,000 for the passenger that had less than $8,000 in medical bills. The unusually high award was based on the pre-impact fright of the passenger plus being trapped upside down in a van next to her critically injured husband for over 30 minutes.

In January 2010, Sheila F. Fleshman represented a client who suffered serious back and shoulder injuries in an automobile accident. The insurance company offered only $8,000.00 to settle the matter. Ms. Fleshman took the case to trial before a jury and recovered an award for her client of $275,000.00.

Sheila F. Fleshman received another favorable jury verdict in September 2010 when she represented a client who sustained an injury to her neck while shopping in a grocery store. The grocery store offered $50,000.00 in a settlement proposal during the trial. Ms. Fleshman's client was awarded $151,121.00 from the jury despite the client's prior history of neck problems.

Mr. McManus has enjoyed a number of recent successful results for his clients this year in both civil and criminal cases. In July 2010 he won a substantial settlement for his client against a major grocery chain's pharmacy for negligently filling a prescription with the wrong medicine. In March, while defending a negligence claim, Mr. McManus was able to persuade a Calvert Count jury to award the plaintiff only $800 where the plaintiff had significant medical expenses and was seeking a verdict of several hundred thousand dollars. More recently, in September 2010, he persuaded a jury to award only $327.00 in a case against a prominent plaintiff's attorney where the plaintiff was claiming a permanent injury. He continues to receive inquiries from members of the plaintiff's bar relative to his success in Deschamps v WMATA, a case in which Mr. McManus obtained a verdict in excess of $350,000 for a client injured on a Metro escalator. Mr. McManus prevailed again before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals when WMATA appealed the verdict.

In 2010, George Patterson, recovered all available insurance totaling over $995,000 for the wrongful death of a Lothian woman in Anne Arundel County. She was stopped in her car waiting to turn left when a heavy duty tow truck struck her from behind in Anne Arundel County near Deale, Maryland. Also in 2010, Mr. Patterson represented a lady from Waldorf who was involved in a lane change accident with a tractor trailer on the beltway in Prince George's County, near the exit for Landover, road. Each driver involved in the accident accused the other of making an unsafe lane change. One independent witness indicated that he never saw the truck leave its lane before the accident. Mr. Patterson through his investigator(s) was able to identify another witness from a photograph taken at the scene who observed the truck changing lanes and striking the car. By tracking down this witness, Mr. Patterson was able to recover $55,000 on behalf of his client in a case where liability was denied by the trucking company.

In a Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) case, Mr. Patterson was able to obtain a resolution in the case in the Federal Court located in Greenbelt, Maryland for $587,500. The client had incurred less than $20,000 in medical bills. A Shady Side, resident developed the condition after injuring his hand in a truck accident that occurred in Prince Frederick, Maryland. The defense questioned the seriousness of the disorder but was persuaded by a report from an internationally renowned expert on (RSD) hired by Mr. Patterson.

In 2009, George Patterson recovered over $1,000,000 on behalf of his clients including a confidential settlement for a Sunderland, Maryland man that suffered from anaphylactic shock after consuming an all-natural health food product. The client was rushed to Calvert Memorial hospital where medical personnel narrowly saved his life.

In 2008, George Patterson, recovered $310,000 on behalf of a gentleman from Clinton, Maryland that was hit by a truck near the beltway in Prince George's County, Maryland. The plaintiff suffered a neck injury requiring surgery and the defendant's insurance company hired a doctor that claimed the neck surgery was unrelated to the accident. The case was pursued to a successful conclusion in the Circuit Court for Prince George's county located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

George Patterson filed suit in Prince George's county for a Germantown resident that suffered a fractured knee cap in a fall at a store in Montgomery County. The defendant made no offers prompting the filing of the lawsuit. The case resolved with a settlement of $140,000 for a case with $14,000 in medical bills.

In 2007, George Patterson settled or tried to verdict personal injury cases with recoveries breaking the million dollar mark. Some of his more noteworthy results are as follows:

• A combined settlement of $150,000 for the passenger of a car driven by an intoxicated driver who drove into the side of a tractor trailer that was illegally parked on the shoulder of Route 50 in Prince George's County. The driver of the car only had $50,000 of insurance and a settlement was reached for an additional $100,000 from the trucking company.
• An arbitration award of over $425,000 for a Chesapeake, Maryland client that sustained a herniated disc in his low back that required surgery from a car accident that occurred in Edgewater, Maryland. The client had incurred medical bills of just over $26,000 but was unable to work as a bridge welder following the surgery.
• A verdict of $17,982.20 for a Mitchellville Maryland, client who suffered soft tissue injuries to her neck and back in a low property damage car accident. The insurance company had offered $181.50 before suit was filed because they questioned whether someone could be injured in a little to no property damage accident.

In 2006, Sheila F. Fleshman represented a client who was injured when a portion of a ceiling collapsed in her apartment building, injuring her neck and shoulder. The apartment complex denied any prior knowledge that the ceiling was defective despite the apartment complex's contentions, an independent investigation performed by Ms. Fleshman indicated that there was indeed a prior history of a defect in the ceiling. As a result of Ms. Fleshman's diligent investigation and zealous representation of her client, the apartment complex settled the matter for nearly $300,000.00.

In 2006, George Patterson, recovered $500,000 for the wrongful death of a Port Tobacco resident involved in a car accident between La Plata and Waldorf, Maryland. The insurance policy had stated benefits of $20,000 for Uninsured Motorist benefits on a $500,000 policy. Mr. Patterson determined that the insurance agent never obtained a signed waiver for lower Uninsured Motorist benefits and the insurance company was forced to pay $500,000 instead of the limited coverage contained in the policy.

In 2005, Paul Reinstein obtained a combined rehabilitative and indefinite alimony award in a divorce action in Calvert County, Maryland, which, at the time, was believed to be the largest combined alimony award ever entered in Calvert County.

Phil Zuber represented a worker on a road project that was run over by a fully loaded dump truck. The worker lost one leg, sustained a severe crush injury to the other leg, arm fractures, and organ injuries. Mr. Zuber pursued the matter and sent suit papers to the dump truck owner and obtained a total recovery of $2,300,000.

Phillip Zuber obtained a recovery of $2,150,000 for a woman who suffered a Traumatic brain injury after being struck by a tractor trailer.

Phil Zuber filed suit in a case involving a young man who was electrocuted by a defective outdoor sign. He recovered $905,000 for the parents.

George Patterson obtained a $75,000 settlement for a Baltimore, Maryland resident that stayed in a hotel in Georgia that was broken into by an intruder. The Baltimore man awoke to find the intruder looking through his wallet. The hotel guest successfully fought the intruder giving him a head wound and a bloody nose. The in An investigation revealed that the intruder was a hotel employee with several felony convictions that was issued a master pass key by the hotel. Mr. Patterson's client fortunately escaped injury with the exception of bruised knuckles.

In many car accident cases our firm has seen severe burns, lacerations, eye injuries and head injuries from the deployment of airbags. Mr. Patterson obtained a $22,000 recovery for a resident of La Plata, Maryland that suffered burns on her forearms from an airbag. The client had less than $1,000 in medical bills. In another case that Mr. Patterson defended, a passenger in a car suffered a ruptured eye from an airbag deploying in a car accident in Washington D.C.