One of the most-asked questions we get on calls from people who’ve been hurt at work is seemingly simple: “Is there an average amount a workman’s comp claim pays?” Also, “How long does it take to reach a final settlement?” The honest answer is there is no average amount and no typical timeline that applies…
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Injured pedestrians and motorists who are injured in “hit and run” accidents, who wait the two years allotted to bring personal injury cases in Virginia, will find themselves out of luck. This is because there is an even shorter time limit often attached to these terrifying crash injury cases. What brings this to the fore…
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My grandchildren will yell out, “Robot Car!” when they see a Waymo driving next to us on the streets of Culver City, California, with no one at the wheel during the days I am driving them to school. These modified white Jaguar sedans, with cameras all over them, are becoming more prevalent, and are usually…
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With all of the construction cranes pulling up walls, with no windows, for data centers in Loudoun County and Western Fairfax County, one wonders what happens if there is an injury during the construction phase, or once these facilities become operational. If the injury occur during construction phase, to someone involved in the same trade…
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It is critically important that your lawyer and workers comp team are exposed to the latest updates in the law, medicine and claims handling. So many so-called personal injury & comp lawyers stay “siloed” in their offices, never leaving to interact with the other lawyers, judges, claims professionals and medical expert, but instead getting their…
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