When an elderly parent or disabled family member is traveling through the major international airports, and there is an accident resulting in injuries or a worsening of an underlying condition, who is responsible? At most airports there are people who push wheelchairs through the “sterile area” of the terminal. Sometimes, they are wearing uniforms that…
When a motor vehicle crash case lawsuit is filed in court, the insurance defense lawyers for the defendant will ask the injured victim many questions, request all sorts of medical records, and then interrogate the victim. This questioning is known as a “deposition” and is done in order to find out all about the injured…
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…
Prior 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…
Airline 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…
There 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…
Late 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…
We 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…
Did 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…
In 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…