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…
Continue readingWhen 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…
Continue readingIf 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 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 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 readingA recent situation at the Baltimore Washington International (BWI) airport highlights the problems faced by developmentally disabled individuals and their families when seeking accommodations for air travel. A 53 year old, developmentally disabled woman who cannot read, write, or use a phone was left to wander around the terminal after landing at BWI while the…
Continue readingWhen an airline employee is injured, the insurance company or their defense lawyer will want to see medical and other records — not only from the date of the accident, but records going back many years. Why ? Dulles Airport area injury lawyer Doug Landau was in court this week on just such a case.…
Continue readingAfter the airlines refused an injured flight attendant’s doctor’s request to surgically fix a screw that had come loose in her shoulder, the company’s insurer told her they were closing her file. The young Florida woman, who flew out of Dulles International Airport (“IAD”), proceeded to hire ABRAMS LANDAU upon the recommendation of a Pensacola…
Continue readingWhy would an airline, or an airline’s workers compensation insurance company, hire investigators to follow an injured airline employee ? Why would the air carriers’ gumshoes search the disabled workers’ FaceBook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media ? According to air injury lawyer Doug Landau, the short answer is “Economics.” “Airlines have an economic…
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