Unlike cars, trucks, vans and other vehicles we see on the highways, many of the vehicles on or around the runways of our major international airports do not have the safety features we take for granted. For example, the small, metal Cushman industrial carts that maintenance workers use around Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Reagan…
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If you were wondering why the Abrams Landau, Ltd. law office was closed for the whole week of Christmas and New Years, now you know! Our 108-year-old house/office was under some renovations, or as we like to call it, a facelift. We have new hardwood floors on our second floor and stairs, fresh painted walls,…
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“Not if you are struck by a co-worker operating a luggage tug or tripped by another member of the flight crew. The Virginia Workers Compensation Act does not allow lawsuits between co-workers for accidental injuries,” notes experienced comp attorney Doug Landau of the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. “However, if the person causing the…
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Usually, the case goes to trial where the injury occurred. “However, you, as the plaintiff, may have several choices as to where to bring your permanent injury case,” notes airline and airport injury lawyer Doug Landau. In many instances, Doug Landau, and counsel he associates with, will go forward in the Federal District Court near…
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You would think that airport workers and airline employees who drive vans, cards and other vehicles around the busy gates, runways and the Air Operations Areas (AOA) would require special licensure. However, there is not class X, Y or Z license for airport drivers. Yes, all airline personnel on the AOA are subject to random…
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Attorney Doug Landau has seen an increase in permanent injury claims by flight attendants as passenger carry-on luggages get heavier and more unwieldy. The injuries range from torn muscles and herniated cervical discs to torn rotator cuffs and other permanent shoulder and neck injuries. As charges for excess luggage become more frequent and more expensive,…
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Teaching Constitutional law again this year at Rachel Carson Middle School reinforces my belief in the critical importance of civic participation. If you don’t vote, you cannot complain. If you are not an active citizen in our democratic process, then others will decide the direction of our communities, our states and our countries. Free…
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Several clients received “NOTIFICATIONS” from the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission this month indicating that their claims with Continental Airlines and United Airlines had a “New Claim Administrator.” Did this mean that the insurance company was out of business? Was the airline going to renegotiate on their compensation awards? Did a change in the Claim Administrator…
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Did you know? According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 40 percent of injured employees have been on the job less than one year. Herndon airport injury lawyer Doug Landau anecdotally notes that many of his seriously injured clients were new to the job. In fact, he has had several permanent workplace injury…
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On a stormy day in August 2, 2015, Tierney Darden was standing with her mother and 19-year-old sister outside the Chicago O’Hare International Airport on a lower-level street that accesses Terminal 2. As they were waiting there to be picked up, a pedestrian shelter came loose and fell onto Darden. Her spinal cord was severed,…
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