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Police Presence at Hutchison Elementary School Protects Children

Local bicycle police officers fitted the entire sixth-grade at Herndon’s Hutchison Elementary School with brand-new bicycle helmets. This was the latest stop on the “Putting Lids on Kids” program, jointly funded by the Herndon law firm Abrams Landau, Ltd.  and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Foundation. This worthy program distributes free bike helmets and brain injury…

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Are Mopeds, ATVs, Forklifts, Snowmobiles, Go-Carts “Motor Vehicles” that are Covered Under Accident Insurance ?

The answer, my friends,  is not “blowing in the wind,” but rather to be found in the insurance contract. In order to determine whether an accident is covered by insurance, one must bite the bullet and actually read the insurance policy. Sometimes the text of the insurance contract seems to be written in a foreign…

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Cyclists Must Pedal Safely!

Last fall, a student at the University of Delaware was struck by a bicyclist while attending a busy outdoor campus event. The collision caused the student to fall backwards and hit his head.  The resulting head injury has left him unconscious for several months. The family has filed suit against the University of Delaware alleging the student…

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Infant Bicycle Helmet Recall

Only a couple weeks after another successful helmet distribution and brain injury prevention program at a local Fairfax County elementary school,  Abrams Landau, Ltd. attorney Doug Landau was made aware of a recall of potentially dangerous helmets. Pacific Cycle is recalling approximately 129,000 Schwinn “No-Pinch Buckle” Infant Bike Helmets due to a choking hazard.  The…

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