After an injured worker receives 500 weeks of compensation benefits, the insurance carrier generally sends a letter telling the injured worker that they only have medical benefits remaining. However, Super Lawyer Doug Landau of the Abrams Landau law firm in Herndon, Virginia has had success in getting additional wage loss compensation for his disabled clients.…
Continue readingWhile the insurance industry likes to publicize instances where the claims of injured workers are not legitimate, these “exposes” pale in comparison to the recent verdict in Florida. This Jacksonville case involved fraud in the context of workers comp insurance and involved almost $100 million dollars ! After five weeks of testimony, a Jacksonville Florida…
Continue readingThe recent verdict from Montgomery County, Virginia underscores what Herndon lawyer Doug Landau has been emphasizing for years: that the amount of medical bills and lost wages are not subject to some formula to calculate settlement or likely verdict outcomes. In the Blacksburg Virginia Triathlon case, a bicyclist crashed into a car when it ran…
Continue readingThe answer is “yes.” With the recent verdict in a fatal bike crash case in Montgomery County, Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau points out that we can see that not only can both sides of a crash case lose, due to contributory negligence and assumption of the risk, but both sides can also win when…
Continue readingA recent caller to ABRAMS LANDAU asked, ” Are attorney’s fees in workers comp claim 1/3 like in car accident and bike crash cases ?” The short answer is, “No” according to experienced Herndon workers compensation lawyer Doug Landau So, what are attorney fees in Virginia workers comp claims ? At Abrams Landau, Ltd., we…
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