Leesburg bike crash lawyer Doug Landau tends to start with the treating doctors and other specialists who know the injured bikers and their families. Likewise, the Leesburg and Loudoun County bike injury lawyer utilizes state, local and federal agencies and their specialists, as they are often brought in to assist in catastrophic and traumatic brain…
Leesburg and Reston crash injury lawyer Doug Landau was recently asked if the negligent driver’s insurance is not enough, can the injured cyclist collect additional money from her own insurance company ? The short answer is, “yes.” In addition, the ABRAMS LANDAU trial lawyer has seen such cases where the injured cyclist’s insurance company pays…
The plaintiff, a 12-year-old boy, was riding his bicycle on December 27, 2006, when he was struck at the intersection of Old Nuckols Road and Nuckols Road in Henrico County by a minivan. The plaintiff was initially hospitalized at VCU Medical Center and was later transferred to Children’s Hospital in Norfolk for rehabilitation. As a…
While in New York and New Jersey last week helping a dog attack victim who was recently attacked while out jogging, Sports Injury Lawyer Doug Landau was struck by how many deposition questions centered upon the client’s PRE-accident interaction with dogs. At depositions (or “Examinations Before Trial” or “EBTs” in New York), insurance defense counsel…
With family in the Los Angeles Valley area, I have often trained and raced in California. One of my favorite training runs is above the Coastline in Pacific Palisades at the Will Rogers Estate overlooking Malibu, the Pacific Coast Highway (“PCH”) and the Ocean. The PCH was the scene of a shocking accident that resulted…
Another honor bestowed on ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. founding partner Doug Landau received word that he is to be included in Richmond Magazine’s SUPER LAWYER SECTION. The Herndon Reston area injury and disability lawyer promises clients and friends that this does not mean that he is now afraid of kryptonite or will wear a cape. Appreciative…
At ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. car crash clients often ask if the property damage case and the personal injury can be settled at the same time. In serious injury cases, this is not a good idea. While the “dings” and damage to a car’s chassis will not “heal” on their own, the human body is remarkable,…
In an effort to represent his injured and disabled clients to the best of his ability, and to move their cases along more quickly in the face of ever increasing governmental red tape and insurance industry intransigence, Doug Landau travels all over Virginia and throughout the East Coast. Recently, the Triathlon Trial Lawyer travelled to…
Have you ever eaten a walnut ? Have you ever crushed a walnut shell and looked at the walnut, unbroken ? The shell’s insides look sort of like the inside of our skulls and the walnut looks a bit like a brain. The big difference is that unlike the walnut, the brain is not hard…
After returning to Northern Virginia Saturday from the Brain Injury meeting at the State Capitol, I unpacked, rested up and then participated in the “Kit’s Miracle Mile” 10km. at the Fairfax campus of George Mason University. This event celebrated the survivors with brain injuries and raised money for Brain Injury Services (United Way #8237). Some…