Injuries at the airport can happen for many reasons to both employees and travelers. Unfamiliar terrain, distractions, ever-changing signs and uneven jetways present dangers to even the most careful airport travelers. However, tripping or slipping in the terminal, jetway, or on the airport operations area (“AOA”) does not necessarily mean the airport authority or airline…
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What is the settlement process for Workers Compensation cases in Virginia? Unlike a personal injury car crash case, Workers Compensation cases in Virginia require several steps before any settlement money is paid out to the claimant or his/her counsel. In a car crash case, usually a call from the injured victim’s lawyer to the insurance…
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Law professors, judges, government representatives, lawyers and educators interrogated local middle school students from Rachel Carson Middle School this past weekend for the final We the People Civics and Constitutional law national championships. Read more about their front page story on the Fairfax County Times here. The judges asked a range of challenging questions to…
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Do the recently enacted federal tax laws change the treatment of workers’ compensation and/or personal injury settlements? The short answer is “no.” In fact, you typically won’t be taxed for money you receive in a personal injury or workers comp settlement. Money an injured victim gets in a settlement or as the result of going to…
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The easy answer is “no.” You are not covered by workers’ compensation insurance if you have not yet reported for work. However, Virginia workers’ compensation lawyer Doug Landau says that there are exceptions to this rule. For example, under what is known as the “personal comfort doctrine,” the employee may clock out of work and…
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Workers at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Reagan National Airport (DCA), like many clients of Abrams Landau, come from all over world. Many different languages are heard on both sides of the security screening at the Washington, D.C. area international airports. Attorney Doug Landau has helped tug drivers from Nepal, gate attendants from Ethiopia,…
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The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWC) headquarters has moved to a new location. 333 E. Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23219 It was originally at 1000 DMV Drive. The move will help consolidate business offices for VWC headquarters, including hearing locations, VWC’s insurance office, and the Virginia Victims Fund. Free visitor parking is available at 301 E.…
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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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