Landau Injury Law

Herndon Virginia car crash lawyer Doug Landau, seen here after another successful DC case for a disabled client, hopes that the ignition interlock for convicted drunk drivers will prevent needless harm and heartache

Having seen the devastation and death caused by those who choose to drive under the influence, Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau is always looking for solutions to this behavior.  Roadblocks, “Designated Drivers,” bar breath testers and dram shop actions are some of the tools used to reduce and eliminate needless harm.  The ignition interlock system for convicted drunk drivers in Virginia is an idea whose time has come. While some contend that it is simply a windfall (more…)

Clients and staff at the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. have suffered the debilitating effects of migraine headaches, here are some helpful options

With clients and staff sometimes suffering from migraines, Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau is always on the lookout for cures, solutions and strategies to help.  Seeing others disabled by migraine headaches is frustrating.  However, an article in USA Weekend had some good ideas.  They are set forth below; please let us know if they work for you.  When people describe a migraine as though they have a nail being driven through their skull, (more…)

Virginia injury lawyers Brenda Page and Doug Landau want injured and disabled clients and their families to understand their surgical options and ask questions of doctors and other medical specialists

Free information to help make informed medical decisions is a good thing.  Even if your treating doctors are not at any of the INOVA Hospitals, if you are in the Lorton Virginia area, the upcoming free community seminar may be a wise investment of your and your family’s time. You and your family can ask the joint replacement experts of the INOVA Joint Replacement Center (“IJRC”) about relief from arthritis, repair of damaged bones and painful inactivity. Surgical joint replacement, with minimally invasive techniques may be the solution to your disability, pain and osteoarthritis. Advances in orthopedic hip replacement surgery including anterior hip replacement and minimally invasive techniques, knee replacement options such as mini-incision knee replacement, gender knee, partial knee replacement and customized patient specific (more…)

The bailiffs at our last several court appearances have had to get extra chairs to accommodate clients, family members, friends and witnesses who have attended Hearings in Fairfax, Manassas, Richmond Virginia as well in Washington, D.C. !  EVERY SINGLE CLIENT who has attended a Hearing weeks and months before their own “day in court” has agreed that it helped them enormously.  These Hearings are nothing like what you might see on television and the best preparation for your own case is a “scouting trip” to see the best judges and lawyers in Virginia try real injury and disability cases in court.  In keeping with our promise to enable injured workers and accident victims to “SEE US IN ACTION,” upcoming trials, cases, races and programs are set forth below.  You will not see this from any of the advertising lawyers.  In fact, we know of no other plaintiff’s personal injury law firm that has the courage to: (1) Encourage their clients to come to court BEFORE their trial to see their lawyer “in action,” and (2) Actually publish the calendar of their public appearances, court cases, races and Continuing Legal Education programming.  But remember,

                 Always call the day before you come to see us in action !  

Cases set on a court’s schedule can be cancelled (like when the storms struck in September !), continued, postponed, settled, re-scheduled for mediation or arbitration.  So, always call our office the day before you want to come and watch to make sure the insurance company has not paid for the losses caused by the negligent defendant or unsafe employer at “the 24th hour.”  Your time is valuable.  We do not want any client, family member, friend or neighbor to make a wasted trip.  Doug Landau has even encouraged people to observe other cases that are not from the Herndon Reston law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., when there is little time before a client’s own Hearing or trial. To that end, here are some upcoming dates:

Date               Place    Case, Race &/or Program

2/2/2012 Social Security Disability Hearing, Richmond office of Hearings and Appeals, VA

2/9-15/2012    American Association for Justice, (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America) Winter Convention, Phoenix, AZ

2/12/2012 “Double Down” races for Downs Syndrome, Phoenix, AZ

2/23/2012 Social Security Disability Income Administrative Law Judge Hearing, Washington D.C.

2/24/2012 Prince William County Circuit court, Manassas, VA Motion to Compel Discovery in a fast food slip and fall case

2/26/2012 Jack Corkey Memorial Aquathon at the Herndon Virginia Community Center, sponsored by ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd.

2/27/2012 Hanover, VA – Hanover Junior Idol Competition (spectator, not as a competitor !)

2/27-3/1/2012 Depositions in Jacksonville, FL and Atlanta, GA for an disabled trucker’s Fulton County, GA injury case

2/28/2012 Annual Science Fair (Judge), The Madeira School, McLean, VA

3/9/2012 Social Security Disability Hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, Washington, D.C.

3/13/2012 Social Security Disability Hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, Washington, D.C.

3/30-4/2/2012    Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

4/12/2012 Virginia Workers Compensation Hearing, Northern Virginia Regional Office (Employers Application cutting worker off)

4/16/2012  Spotsylvania, Virginia Hearing before senior Deputy Commissioner (RSD or CRPS as a “compensable consequence”)

Our daughter Danielle Landau wrote the following about her most recent experience at Comfort Zone Camp:

Comfort Zone Camp ("CZC") volunteers from the University of Miami KKG sorority give generously of their time to work with grieving children who have lost a parent

As my little buddy and I watched the bright, beautiful flames take our messages up to our loved ones, we held each other close and cried until we felt a true release. To think we had only met earlier that day further exemplifies the impact two days with an incredible program can have on a child.

This past October I volunteered at Comfort Zone Camp (“CZC”) in Ocala, Florida, with two of my KKG sorority sisters. This weekend was my second CZC experience; Comfort Zone Camp is a nonprofit bereavement camp that provides a loving and accepting environment in which children can grieve their losses. Each trained volunteer, or big buddy, is paired with a child, their little buddy, to shadow and support during the weekend’s events. Little did I know when I first connected to CZC that it is supported by the Virginia Law Foundation, to which my father, Herndon trial lawyer, Douglas Landau contributes.  As my dad would say “Small world isn’t it?” (more…)

With our last several cases involving unsafe drivers with limited insurance and assets, I am reaching out to all of our clients to review their personal insurance coverages and to make sure that they, and their loved ones, are protected this holiday season.  In several cases, the harms were many hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the cases had to settle for $50-100,000, because that’s all the insurance available, an there was no ability to collect any additional money to pay for the losses caused by the unsafe drivers.  And it’s not just car crash cases.  In slip and fall, dog bite, bicycle accident and animal attack cases has all resulted in reduced compensation because the Defendants (and sometimes the innocent victims themselves) have minimal insurance coverage.  Unlike shopping for presents, shopping for and purchasing insurance can be a daunting task. Insurance by its very definition is intended to provide you security when the unknown and unexpected happens. So when you are purchasing insurance, it is often very difficult to know what type of coverage, and how much coverage you need. In the midst of the confusion surround insurance, one type of insurance that often gets thrown around is “umbrella insurance”. What exactly is it? And who needs it?

Umbrella insurance is (more…)

Cutting corners in the ledgers books or on the interstate highways is never a smart strategy over the long hail.  Over the last several years, the popularity of dirt cheap bus rides to New York City, Washington, D.C. and Boston have lead to the proliferation of discount interstate motor carriers.  However, these buses sometimes employ drivers who are reckless, fatigued, poorly trained, and who cannot communicate in English !  The bus industry says the problem is limited to a small number of rogue operators.  The interstate motor carrier industry also notes that what is needed is (more…)

Policing the Interstate highways from unsafe common carriers should be one of the priorities of the national law enforcement agencies.  When a bus company has a pattern of unsafe practices and a history of accidents, the Federal Government should protect the public and shut the transportation motor carrier down until the safety violations are corrected.  In yesterday’s post the recent SkyExpress bus crash in Virginia was noted, especially as reckless driving and driver fatigue were factors in the fatal bus accident.  The Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration investigated the company, finding that SkyExpress has been involved in several accidents and was cited for (more…)

A discount bus line was shut down for safety violations after a fatal Virginia crash.  SkyExpress, a discount bus service, was shut down by federal regulators after a crash in Virginia that killed four people and sent more than 50 others to hospitals.  As the DC area is a hub for many cut-rate bus services, news reports of the crash and the subsequent safety violation record of the transportation company gave cause to reconsider travel on this recently popular transit services.  Bus injury lawyer Doug Landau has seen passengers being loaded onto these common carriers at cheap express bus stops in Arlington Virginia, Bethesda Maryland and Washington, D.C. due to the DC Metro area’s proximity to Interstate 95.

A SkyExpress bus headed to New York City swerved off northbound Interstate 95 last month, hit an embankment and overturned about 30 miles north of Richmond, near Bowling Green.  According to the Washington Post, SkyExpress offers $30 bus trips between (more…)

“Not fancy, just friendly,” is the saying at the Landau Law Shop.  We recognize that it is important to put people at ease.  To answer their questions.  If we cannot answer their tough questions, then we go to the places where we can get answers.

Herndon workers comp and injury case lawyer Doug Landau at the Bills Barbecue Richmond before meeting a client around the corner from the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission ("VWCC") headquarters

Doug Landau is not afraid to go to court.  The Herndon injury lawyer had hoped to visit the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (“VWCC”) last week in order to look at the official file with a widow who was looking for answers.  Since the VWCC was closed, Doug Landau met with a client at the Bill’s Barbecue Restaurant around the corner from the Comp Commission’s DMV Drive Headquarters.  Landau has (more…)