Remembering when his own father was in the hardbound book, “The Best Lawyers In America” some 30 years ago, Herndon injury and workers compensation Lawyer Doug Landau was pleased that he was once again selected to be listed as one of the best lawyers in the country. For more than 40 years, Best Lawyers has…
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Temporary Transitional Employment (“TTE”), otherwise known as “Alternative Modified Work, “is a trend that is gaining traction in the insurance industry. Under this scheme, the employer, their Workers Comp insurance company &/or their Third Party Administrator (“TPA”) make an offer to a disabled worker of light duty work that appears to be within their doctors’…
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Critical to making sure that you are recovering from surgery after a major injury at work is educating your doctors what you actually did at work. . Most medical doctors have gone through many years of schooling, and very few of them have done construction work or heavy manual labor. Herndon Worker’s Compensation Lawyer Doug…
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Hit and run: who pays? . When someone is the victim of a hit-and-run car crash, there is often confusion, uncertainty, and additional anguish from the anxiety of the unknown. When an unsafe driver doesn’t stick around at the scene after causing a wreck, there are several steps that should be taken by the innocent…
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When the metal boom hits a worker’s helmet and knocks it 2 feet on the ground, one would think that that would be evidence of a serious injury. However, in the recent case of Blue vs Michels Corporation, the Court of Appeals ruled that the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission correctly denied benefits as not being…
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