Injured workers have a legal duty to look for work within their remaining physical abilities when they cannot return to their pre-injury jobs. Similar to the requirements in a personal injury case (“mitigating damages” ), an injured employee needs to do the best they can to reduce their losses. Under the Virginia Workers Compensation law,…
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After a crash in a mall parking lot or on private property, to whom do you turn to get an official accident report? Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau has been told by a number of clients that county, city, and state police will not investigate a client’s crash because it is on private property. Likewise,…
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If you could select your bank based on its commitment to helping those in need, would you do it? For ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. the answer is YES! Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA for short) is a program where lawyers holding client funds, which are either too small or too short-term for an individual interest-bearing…
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The details in this case are hard to believe. It would stand to reason that if a person is legally blind, a claim for Social Security disability benefits would be a slam dunk. But in this case, that is not what happened. Instead, in the case of this 59-year old, wage earning Georgia woman whose…
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Between gas prices being too high, cities funding bicycle lanes, and finding time to exercise; commuting via bicycle is looking better everyday. Unfortunately for the fashionistas out there something which looks good doesn’t always “look”. Many would-be cyclist are shying away from the idea because of hat-hair concerns or helmets clashing with outfits. Now they…
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