Corey Portnoy

Significant Representative Matters: Obtained a defense verdict in a defamation action in Columbia County, Florida. Plaintiff and a Co-Conspirator orchestrated a scheme to deceive a sporting goods store employee by returning items that did not match the universal product codes (UPC) for items that were purchased on a prior visit. After an argument ensued, the Plaintiff, a convicted felon, alleged that the cashier called him a thief and a criminal. Plaintiff argued that his character was defamed. After evidence was presented at trial, the Court granted the defense's Motion for Directed Verdict.; Obtained summary judgment for a bread distributor in a premises liability matter in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The Plaintiff alleged negligence maintenance claims against various entites for personal injuries she suffered when she tripped over a bread display while shopping at a supermarket. The defendant moved for final summary judgment arguing that the Plaintiff could not prove that the defendant was in actual or constructive control of the intsrumentality of the harm, the premises upon which the tort was committed, or the person who commited the tort. Additionally, defendant argued its legally cognizable duties and obligations under the contractal agreement did not expand to tort liability and that it did not owe a duty to the plaintiff on the date of the accident.; Obtained summary judgment in a maritime action in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The Plaintiff, as the personal representative of the estate for the decedent, alleged Jones Act Negligence and Unseaworthiness causes of action when the decedent drown after he fell off a wooden platform he was using while performing repair work on a large vessel. The defendant moved for summary judgment on the Jones Act Negligence and Unseaworthiness claims arguing that the Plaintiff was a land-based worker who could not be classified as a Jones Act Seaman. Further, defendant argued that the wooden platform the decedent was using at the time of the accident could not endure the perils of of the sea, and therefore there was no factual basis that the work platform was a vessel which could be deemed unseaworthy.; Obtained a directed verdict at trial on Plaintiff's, a professional golfer, failure to meet the burden of proof regarding the evidence of the cost of future medical care. Plaintiff filed a claim for damages associated from injuries allegedly sustained in a motor vehicle accident. After oral arguments, the Court ruled that the jury would not be able to determine the cost of Plaintiff's future medical treatment with reasonable certainty. Plaintiff's orthopedic surgeon failed to testify that he was reasonably certain that Plaintiff would need or require a three-level cervical surgery. However, Plaintiff's life care planning expert included the costs of such surgery in his opinions and testimony regarding the costs associated with Plaintiff's future medical treatment. The Court ruled that Plaintiff's life care expert's opinions were based on inadmissible hearsay and unduly prejudicial.; Obtained a defense verdict in an auto negligence trial in Duval County, Florida. The Plaintiff alleged that she sustained a three-level cervical injury, cervical radiculopathy, and myofascial pain syndrome as a result of a motor vehicle accident. The Plaintiff underwent several epidural steroid injections and multiple radiofrequency ablations to her cervical spine. Plaintiff presented a pain management expert and a chiropractic expert. The defense stipulated to liability. The defense presented an orthopedic expert, whose opinion was that the Plaintiff's spine was normal. The jury voted unanimously that the Plaintiff did not sustain a permanent injury as a result of the motor vehicle accident.; Published Works: Cruise Liners Can Ride the Waive(ers), Even in Catastrophic Storms, Defense Digest, December 2018, Vol. 24, No. 4; Case Law Alerts, regular contributor, January 2018-present