“A pothole ate my car” screams today’s Washington, DC headline – and ABRAMS LANDAU has actually won such a case !

February 18, 2010
Abrams Landau Injury Law
The front page of the Washington Examiner screams, “A pothole ate my car.”  While this may seem like sensationalistic journalism, DC car crash and injury lawyer Doug Landau has actually won a case for driver injured by a pothole.
Doug Landau has helped motorists, bikers and athletes injured by potholes and roadway defects

Doug Landau has helped motorists, bikers and athletes injured by potholes, snow, ice and roadway defects

In Landau’s client’s case, the motorist was driving under L’Enfant Plaza, when suddenly, and without any warning, her car was stopped dead.  When she came to, she got out of the car and saw that her front wheel was completely in a large pothole in the darkened underpass.  The pothole had filled with melting snow, and so there was no way for Landau’s client to see the dangerous hazard.  The case went to court in the Superior Court, where experienced  D.C. trial attorney Doug Landau was able to cross examine the District of Columbia’s roadway expert witness so effectively, that he was able to get concessions as to the ability of freezing water to break up concrete and create a dangerous driving hazard. Reporting potholes so that they will get fixed and other will not get injured or have their cars, trucks or bikes “eaten”:
  • Arlington: 703-228-6570
  • Prince George’s County: 301-952-0555 or 301-776-7619 (upper county)
  • Fairfax: 703-383-8368
  • Montgomery: 240-777-6000 »  District: 311
  • Maryland State Highway Administration: 800-323-6742
Doug Landau has lost hubcaps due to potholes in Virginia, and has driven disabled clients to their Social Security hearings in the District when the roads are unsafe or there is ice and snow.  The Examiner article by Alan Suderman notes that, “The near constant “freeze-thaw” cycle in recent days has been pure poison for smooth roads. Moisture from melted snow and ice during the day seeps into asphalt to freeze at night, leading to cracks in roads that can become potholes big enough to bend rims and jar suspensions. “Just when you thought the results of this blizzard were over, you’ve got a really nasty surprise,” said Lon Anderson, spokesman for the AAA Mid-Atlantic auto club. “Mother Nature has carefully planned a bumper crop of potholes for us.” No jurisdiction is immune. Jaw-dropping pot holes have been spotted throughout the area, with some stretches looking like neglected roadways in Third World countries. On the side of University Boulevard near Dennis Avenue in Silver Spring, where the potholes are so bad that they are forcing drivers to come to near stops, sits a makeshift graveyard for hubcaps that have popped off the vehicles that didn’t slow down in time.

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