While the Virginia Workers Compensation law is a “no fault” system, such that negligence or clumsiness does not matter, according to Herndon Reston area injury and disability lawyer Doug Landau of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., there are three instances where the injured worker can still lose. Where a worker is injured or killed because they were…
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With those words, I was told by the Supreme Court of Virginia that they would not award benefits for my client, who was dying of berylliosis. He had worked on rocket propellent experiments in Alexandria for much of his 38 year career with Atlantic Research, and of the 20 other men who did this kind…
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I try to review a client’s official file at the VWC early on in the case. I do that because at ABRAMS LANDAU, we want to build a strong foundation to the claim. Too many lawyers make the mistake of assuming they know what the judge is looking at or looking for – a BIG…
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When Workers Compensation claims are filed by the team at ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., they are sent to the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission Commission (“VWC”) headquarters in Richmond. The VWC headquarters has the Clerk’s Office, paper files, offices for a number of the judges (called “Deputy Commissioners”) and Hearing rooms. Shown here is the infamous “Sponge…
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On the 12th of August, 2008, Mr. George Milton Piper passed away. We still do not know the exact details of his untimely demise. We do know he was at work, at Chemung Contracting in Gainesville, located at 7201 Rail Line Court – near George Mason University, off of University Blvd. At the time, he…
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