Too often injured workers are told that if their accident did not occur between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, they are precluded from seeking Workers’ Compensation benefits in Virginia However, the law in the Commonwealth is that workers are given a reasonable amount of time to get to and from their work…
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According to local news reports, Virginia State Police reported more than 600 traffic crashes in the state over the 2014 Labor Day Weekend. Thousands of drivers were also cited for such infractions as speeding, reckless driving, drunk driving, safety belt violations, and child safety seat violations. Accidents do happen and people do get injured, but…
Continue readingWhat would you think if you paid a company to do a job and later discovered that company subcontracted some of the work out to another company which was owned by the same owner? And furthermore that the subcontracted services (for which you were directly billed) could have been performed by another company for a…
Continue readingHaving seen some horrible results from the “doc-in-the box” facilities that are sprouting up all over Northern Virginia and the DC metro area, Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau is hearing of cases where clients have been to a freestanding emergency room, storefront ER clinic, shopping center storefront medical facility, or franchised clinic. Unfortunately, the quality…
Continue readingWhen a workers’ compensation insurance company or employer pay for medical care that results in additional injury, complications, and/or infections, the employer and insurance company have a lien on any third party litigation. This is known as subrogation. Merriam-Webster defines subrogation as “the assumption by a third party of another’s legal right to collect a…
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