Doug Landau and fellow workers’ comp attorneys have learned that, due to the heightened COVID case rates resulting from the omicron variant, the VWCC’s masking requirement has changed. From Virginia Lawyers Weekly on 1/18/22: “VWCC offices will require masks until further notice The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission will require all persons entering a commission office…
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Former Full Commissioner William “Bill” Dudley has become one of the most sought after Mediators to help injured workers, employers and insurance companies settle difficult, permanent disability cases. Because he was an experienced insurance defense lawyer, and then served as a Deputy Commissioner (akin to a workers’ comp trial judge) before assuming the appellate bench,…
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Truck Crashes May Lead To Lawsuits AND Workers’ Comp Claims for Injured Trucker AND Disabled Victim Truck crashes, and workers’ comp and negligence law: even just one simple motor vehicle accident can give rise to a variety of situations. A commercial truck on a mission for work crashes into a motorist. In such scenarios there…
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The Virginia Workers’ Comp law says that if you lose the use of 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 eyes, etc., in an on-the-job accident, you can get compensation benefits beyond the 500 weeks. In a case handled by a friend, a worker lost one eye in an industrial accident, and then his other eye several…
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Every year around this time, the ABRAMS LANDAU workers’ comp team gets a notification that clients may be entitled to an increase in their weekly compensation checks, per yearly cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). They receive this “notification of possible COLA entitlement” so that clients can show proof that they are not receiving Social Security disability income…
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