Pilots, Flight Attendants, Ground Crew and Airport Personnel who are injured on the job may have complications after the original injury. If the original accidental injury are covered under an Award of the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission, then the complication may also be covered under what is known as the doctrine of “Compensable Consequences.” In…
Continue readingDouglas K. Landau Visit Super Lawyers Choosing an attorney to handle an accident or injury case in or around an airport or aircraft can be a daunting task. The nuances of airport injury law are many, and the best way to select an attorney is to find someone who has experience — real, courtroom…
Continue readingAlaska Airlines lands in some of the most extreme weather conditions and and challenging commercial airport runways in the world. Despite the unforgiving climate and topography of some cities it serves, the airline operates with the best on-time performance in the industry for the third year in a row. 87% of Alaska Airlines flights land…
Continue readingEffective March 1, the Treasury Department is joining the paperless bandwagon and will begin requiring electronic delivery of benefits payments. “It costs 92 cents more to issue a paper check than it does for an electronic transaction, so it is no wonder that the Treasury Department is making the switch,” says Doug Landau. Airline employees,…
Continue readingFolks who travel a lot — either for their job, or pleasure, or both — should be aware of the perils of flying post-surgery. According to an article in The Washington Post, doctors typically recommend no flying for four weeks after any surgery since during this time, the body’s natural blood clotting ability goes into…
Continue readingWhen we were kids, there were always arguments about who got to “go first.” But at the airport, this question takes on great importance. With large jets, small luggage tugs, turbo props and fuel trucks all using the same surface area, air travelers wonder how chaos is avoided when there are no “aircraft traffic cops”…
Continue readingIn a recent Florida case, a man was killed when the 11-foot tall bus he was riding at Miami International Airport struck an 8-foot-6-inch overpass. The victim’s family is suing the bus driver and the owner/operator of the bus, citing negligence on the part of both the driver and the company. Read more about the…
Continue readingMetropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), the overseeing authority for Reagan National and Dulles International Airports, the Dulles Toll Road, and the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project extending the Metro’s silver line to Dulles airport and into Loudoun County, has come under fire from the Department of Transportation (DOT) in a report issued last November. In a…
Continue readingVirginia Governor Bob McDonnell has proposed funding for only 15 of 44 vacant judgeships statewide. Fairfax, currently down four judges, is not on the list to receive any new judges. On numerous occasions, Airport Accident Attorney Doug Landau has arrived at the Fairfax Circuit Court with his clients — many of whom are injured airline…
Continue readingWhen I am injured at the airport deplaning, or collecting my luggage, why can’t the local police investigate my airport accident case ? Passenger and airline employee injuries that occur at Dulles and National Airports’ “Airports Operation Area” (or “AOA”) are investigated by the Airport Police. The Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (“MWAA”) has its own…
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