If you are an airline employee responsible for moving passengers’ heavy luggage, then you know sometimes you just want to hold someone responsible for packing such heavy bags! “Airline employees who must weigh, transport, and load the passengers’ luggage are at high risk for back and spine injuries,” notes airport injury lawyer Doug Landau. “We…
Continue readingPrior to 1979 there were no liability insurance requirements on light airplanes under the Virginia Code. In addition, the Virginia federal courts ruled that the Federal Aviation Act provided no basis to impose vicarious liability on the owner of an aircraft for the negligence of someone who was a bailee. *vicarious liability assigns liability for…
Continue readingAirline employees and airport workers are concerned about contracting the potentially fatal Ebola Virus Disease on the job. Just as with nurses and hospital orderlies during the height of the AIDS epidemic, airport personnel are concerned about their legal rights in light of the deadly Ebola outbreak. Workers at Washington DC area international airports are…
Continue readingThere are lots of injury lawyers who look great sitting behind a desk or in front of a library of books. Particularly interesting are the advertisements of lawyers standing in front of the Supreme Court, even though they may not even go to try cases in their local courts! Most people with a serious permanent…
Continue readingLate on a Friday in September, a small plane crashed in a green field on the Patriot Course of the Virginia International Raceway (VIR). Both pilot and passenger were killed when the single-engine World War II T-28-C crashed for reasons yet unknown. The irony of such a crash happening at a motorsport track was not…
Continue readingWe recently heard from parents whose young child was injured in the gate waiting area at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia. The parents, concerned about their child’s injury, contacted the Herndon law firm Abrams Landau to find out if they had a viable injury lawsuit against either the airlines, the airport, or the airport maintenance…
Continue readingDid you know that airplane “black boxes” are, in fact, ORANGE? The intense search for Malaysia Flight 370, which disappeared in March of this year, brought renewed attention to these devices that record details about a plane’s trip. Airplanes actually have two boxes on board — each roughly the size of a cantaloupe. One is…
Continue readingIn March 2013, a 10 year old boy was killed at an airport in Birmingham Alabama when a multi-user flight information display fell on top of him and several family members. The sign weighed several hundred pounds and was unstable, according to a lawsuit filed by the family against the contractors working on a new…
Continue readingDelays and cancellations of international flights have stranded and antagonized travelers flying out of Dulles, Reagan National, and Baltimore Washington Airports. At Abrams Landau, Ltd., we help people with permanent injuries due to the negligence of airlines, their employees, and airport personnel. We have recovered money damages for physical injuries, lost earnings, and mental anguish…
Continue readingAirport injury cases are no different from any other premises liability cases. If you are injured at an airport, there are certain steps you should take immediately: Inform the airport management of your injury. If an incident report is filed, take a copy with you. Ask airport management to secure video tape images of the…
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