Doug Landau’s prior client’s workplace injury claim cited as precedent by judge in recent scarring case
Posted by: Doug in Defective Products, Disability, Job Accidents, Negligence Cases, Premises liability, Workers Compensation, Working with Doctors, preparing for CourtDuring the recent hearing on a client’s theater scarring case, the judge noted that he would need to see the actual scars in controversy. The experienced Fairfax judge noted that while he had received pictures of the claimant’s permanent leg scars, he was mindful of a case where the original pictures did not show the subsequent improvements achieved by the plastic surgeons. The judge recalled a case where the horrific facial injuries that were reflected in pictures taken in the weeks after a pyrotechnical engineer blew himself up had healed. The Judge also noted that it was Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau’s case !
Landau took it as a compliment that the judge remembered his pyrotechnical engineer’s case from so many years ago. And indeed, while that client had achieved and excellent result cosmetically, he still won a significant permanency Award for his scars and then went back to work for Disney on Ice (after a short light duty work tour with the rock group KISS !). In the present case, the judge was impressed by the ABRAMS LANDAU client’s scars, and Awarded additional workers compensation benefits for severe marked disfigurement. Landau is shown here with his clients after the successful Hearing, with a candy cane from the Commission’s candy dish !
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