Not necessarily. If you have your own auto coverage, or are covered under another member of your household’s policy, you may have “UNinsured Motorist” coverage. This type of insurance is generally mandatory for Virginia drivers. This insurance may enable you to collect against your own insurance policy. Your insurance company can then go against the…
Continue readingThe Associated Press reported on 5/22/08 that Medtronic will be settling the Justice Department’s fraud case against it for $75 million. The case stems from allegations that spinal catheter maker Kyphon fraudulently caused hospitals to file inflated reimbursement claims with Medicare for back surgery known as kyphoplasty. Kyphon was acquired in November of 2007 by…
Continue readingThe law firm of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. has been apprised of another instance of an insurance defense lawyer misidentifying himself to a client’s treating doctor in order to get information that may be confidential, private and/or irrelevant to the case. While there are ethical rules governing lawyer conduct, Doug Landau has seen the Virginia Workers…
Continue readingIn 2007, Doug Landau and the trial team at ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. declined several dog attack cases. Examples of such cases include: Example A: A child was bitten on the cheek by a dog in the Roanoke Valley. The homeowners had specifically signed an insurance policy that forbade coverage for any dogs. Therefore, there was…
Continue readingABRAMS LANDAU clients with severe disability or brain injury are often appointed a Guardian ad Litem In a court of law, Guardian Ad Litem literally means, “guardian for the suit.” Actually, Doug Landau was a Classics Minor in college and studied Latin for a number of years. He likens the phrase to mean “a Guardian…
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