Landau Injury Law

Herndon, Virginia Personal Injury, Brain Injury and Accident Attorney Doug Landau started his 2008 Multisport racing season in Richmond, Virginia at the U.S.National Duathlon Championships this month.  The Herndon Reston area trial attorney brought several helmuts with him because entrants cannot participate without approved helmuts.  In fact, cycling helmuts must be clipped on before a racer can mount the bike, and must remain secured until the bicycle is racked in the transition area.  Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau brings extra helmuts and other gear in case another competitor forgets, loses or has a damaged helmut.  Once a helmut is damaged, is ability to protect the wearer’s head and brain is compromised.  DO NOT WEAR A DAMAGED HELMUT THAT HAS BEEN IN A BIKE CRASH.  It’s impact absorbing materials may no longer function and you could suffer a significant head injury or brain trauma.

Doug Landau, the Herndon Brain Injury Lawyer is concerned that you find the right personal injury, brain injury and car accident attorney for your Herndon, Reston or other Northern Virginia injury claim.

Our law firm, ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., has a Virginia statewide practice in all forms of Brain Injury, Personal Injury, Disability and Wrongful Death cases.

Please consider contacting Doug Landau about your Brain Injury case.

Large verdicts in catastrophic cases do not always “stick.”  While the popular press likes to report our big number trials, the public does not realize that these extraordinary results are often taken away from deserving Plaintiffs or hung up on appeals for years.  The Connecticut Supreme Court has reversed a $41 million judgment for a construction worker who was paralyzed when a defectively welded girder fell on his head. In a unanimous finding, the court held that contractor Sordoni Skanska could not be held liable because it was not responsible for inspecting welds and because the accident was not foreseeable. The court based its ruling on Connecticut’s construction code concerning non-delegable duty for contractors.  Thomas B. Scheffey, Law.com  04/15/2008  Read Article: Law.com

With the coming of warmer weather and longer days, Fairfax County bike crash lawyer Doug Landau got a pre-season check-up, for his bicycle !  Before the start of the Spring racing season, the Triathlon Trial Lawyer took his ride to Rob and Sarah Velasquez at A-1 Cycling at the Herndon Clock Tower Shopping Center on Centreville Road, just South of the Dulles Toll Road and about two miles from the Landau Law Shop.  A-1 Cycling also has a store in Manassas at 7700 Sudley Road.  Go to TheAthletesLawyer and click on the “PLACES” section for more information on these friendly, skilled and well-stocked stores.  .Just as important as making sure your body is ready for intense training and racing, is ensuring that you have a safe ride.  Experienced bicycle repair shops, like experienced trial lawyers, know what to look for and usually have several strategies for each problem that arises.  One of the ways Landau has avoided head injury and disabling bike crashes is by letting the experts repair and maintain his bicycles before, during and after the racing season.  The Herndon/Reston bicycle accident lawyer is shown here with Sarah Velasquez of A-1.  The always friendly staff has given great service and the experts at A-1 Cycling have even seen the Triathlon Trial Lawyer competing in the Reston Sprint Triathlon.  If you can find a bike shop and mechanics who are experienced, talented and honest, then you will have greater peace of mind, safety and success.  These are the same qualities one should seek out when selecting a trial lawyer for a personal injury, automobile accident, dog bite, animal attack, head trauma, defective product, disability claim  or bike crash case.

Fredericksburg Virginia Radio station WFVA (1230 AM) will feature Herndon Injury Lawyer Doug Landau of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. on its morning “Peoples Law School” program Monday, March 17th at 9:00 AM.  The affable Triathlon Trial Lawyer will answer questions from callers as well as from the host, fellow Virginia Trial Lawyer John Harris.   So, if you have any questions about all kinds of injury claims, workers compensation, dog attacks, occupational diseases, defective products, sports accidents, children’s cases, brain injury, Social Security Disability or other related topics, please call in !  The number is 540-371-5756.

In this case, which arose about a mile from the Landau Law Shop, an au pair was carrying a baby down the steps of their Herndon home.When the babysitter was a little more than half way down the stairs, the edge of the step cracked beneath her, causing her to fall down the stairs.  Not only was the babysitter injured, but the baby fell into the wall and landing below.  Herndon head and brain injury lawyer Doug Landau’s infant client suffered bruising, a head bleed, and a fractured skull.  From this one fall that caused an innocent infant’s cracked skull and brain injury, the Abrams Landau trial team’s investigation revealed that (more…)

Experienced Herndon trial lawyer Doug Landau has been voted into “The Best Lawyers In America,” “Super Lawyers” and the highest rating available in the Martindale Hubbell directory of Lawyers in the United States. Despite these honors, there are simple, common sense actions that should be taken after a car wreck, dog bite, bike crash, trip and fall, animal attack, defective premises, or other personal injury causing event. The Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau recommends:

*Photographs should be taken as soon as possible.
*You should save the defective product or parts.
*Write down what happened: include names, addresses and phone numbers of the other people involved in the accident and all witnesses at the scene.
*Identify the vehicles involved or the injury causing product.
*Make a diagram of your location before, during and after the accident.
*Include measurements of such things as skidmarks, landmarks and warning signs.

*Preserve the evidence: do not wash bloody clothing, broken footwear or throw out a cracked bicycle helmut.  Label these things, put them in zip lock bags and give them to your lawyer.

One of the reasons to retain experienced legal counsel as soon as possible after a catastrophic car accident, dog attack, bike crash or trip and fall causing brain injury is because a qualified trial lawyer will start investigation so that your case can be presented with the evidence necessary to win.

What kinds of things will counsel do for you after you’ve been smashed, crashed, bashed or trashed ?
An experienced lawyer like Doug Landau and the trial team at Abrams Landau, secure such evidence as:
1. Pictures of the vehicles,
2. Photographs of the accident scene,
3. Images, with scale markers, of the defective products
4. Medical Illustrations and/or photos of the injuries and medical apparatus used to treat the injured plaintiff,
5. Receipts, photographic records and perhaps the items themselves for the property damage claim.
6. Weather reports, news clippings, and other relevant notes from periodicals and local newspapers.
7. The Defendant’s other infractions, convictions, litigation history and case histories.

Doug Landau often meets with the police officers who investigated his clients’ accidents. Landau notes that it is not unusual for these meetings to result in additional information not contained in the official “Police Accident Report.” The Herndon “Super Lawyer” observes that his in-person discussions with the investigating officers reveals facts not even found in the Traffic Court trial transcript. Plus, it is important to meet with every witness well BEFORE they take the witness stand and testify in an Abrams Landau trial. In the Photograph, Virginia Injury Lawyer Doug Landau is shown during a meeting with a Virginia Tech Police Officer. Landau’s meeting was part of the investigation in a case where a Tech athlete was struck and knocked out by a truck in the middle of the campus. The team at Abrams Landau, Ltd. was able to get their client a large settlement due to the early and thorough investigation, which included Mr. Landau’s multiple trips to Blacksburg to get statements from all of the relevant eyewitnesses. Tomorrow’s posting will list some of the things YOU can do to help your own case or that of a friend, family member or neighbor.

At ABRAMS LANDAU, we are thankful for the opportunity to help people, one at a time.  We appreciate the chance to assist families who come to us for help.  As the Landau Law Shop looks back on another successful year, we note some of the highlights of 2007:

Herndon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau was nominated again as a “Super Lawyer” by the Washington Post.  Remarkably, he was the only solo practitioner selected for Workplace Injury Cases in Virginia.  The listings in the special edition of the Sunday Post Magazine did not lead to a raise in allowance from Mr. Landau’s mom, but it did reaffirm what clients, co-counsel and those who have seen him in court already knew, that he’s a good lawyer who is passionate about what he does to help people.

Inclusion in the book “The Best Lawyers in America,”for Doug Landau.  This was again a very special honor, as hisfather, Norman Landau, was in the very first editions of this book.  Thereare very few lawyers anywhere in the country who are able to successfully trypersonal injury, workers compensation and Social Security Disability claims forthe same client (and their family).  There are even fewer who can do so inas many state and Federal Courts as the Landau Law Shop’s own Doug Landau. 

Once again receiving the highest ratings for skill and ethics by the respected, peer-reviewed Martindale Hubbell (Lexis Nexis).  Virginia Trial Lawyer Doug Landau once again received the “A-V” rating.  Norman Landau, Doug’s illustrious trial lawyer father, also received this highest rating during his lifetime.  The Herndon attorney feels this represents his continuation of excellence in the practice of law, and especially the trials of injury and disability cases for deserving clients.  

Our case against DoubleTree Hotels on behalf of a disabled, wheelchair-bound professor was selected as the “Spotlight” case of the month by the 70,000 member Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now American Association for Justice).  http://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?recipient_id=30999365&message_id=235739&user_id=ATLA_Trial Doug Landau was successful on behalf of a hotel guest who was thrown and injured in a courtesy van.  This case was concluded in the Federal Court in Alexandria, Virginia for a client from South Carolina against a national hotel chain.  Herndon lawyer Doug Landau provided the former chief judge of the trial court with

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When a personal injury case settles, the Insurance Company wants a Release to be signed before the check is cashed so that they (and their insureds) will not get sued again on the same claim.  When a case is filed in Court, and a settlement reached or verdict in favor of the injured plaintiff returned, the Court wants a “Final Order” signed showing that the case is resolved and can be dismissed from the active Trial or Hearing calendar.  Many clients wonder, if the “Final Order” ends the case, why does the Insurance Company and its lawyers want signatures on a separate (and seemingly superfluous) “Release” ?

One reason the lawyers for the Defendants in Product Liability, Negligence, Defective Products and Food, Slip and Fall, Children’s cases, Sports Accident, Brain Trauma, and other types of Personal Injury claims, want this Release, is that

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Food poisoning cases can be tricky, because it is often hard to pinpoint what exactly has caused the illness or injury. The team at Abrams Landau has been contacted on a number of occasions by people who have been sickened or injured by tainted or poisoned food. There are several important steps you can take to protect your legal rights if you or someone you know has been injured or disabled due to “bad food” or defective food products. (more…)