Most lawyers charge hourly for their efforts. The best Wall Street lawyers from the top “silk stocking law firms” charge nearly one thousand dollars an hour or more ! And large corporations and insurance companies pay them a Retainer up front, or they do not even start working on the case ! Unfortunately most injured workers…
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Most retail shopping stores have surveillance cameras. Video cameras “watch” areas where money changes hands. Both high-end and discount stores also have cameras posted at many locations where people enter and exit the building. These retail establishments have cameras to make sure there’s no “shrinkage”. Retailers are afraid of shrinkage — the theft of merchandise…
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“Beware of Dog” signs are some of the oldest known to civilization. There were signs in ancient Pompeii that stated “Cave Canem,” which means “Beware of the Dog.” Dog owners posted these signs when they recognized that their pets were dangerous and that animal attacks could cause permanent injury and scarring. This dog attack signage…
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Helping people, especially with court cases, is what we do every day at Abrams Landau. So we have, on occasion, assisted an individual or small business on the other end of a lawsuit. While the vast majority of clients of the Herndon law firm Abrams Landau, Ltd. have been injured through no fault of their…
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The Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (“VWC”) is promoting its free mediation service. The VWC has a number of trained judges and other staff members who are able to serve as mediators, at no charge to the parties ! Where the employer, the injured worker, their legal counsel and the insurance company all agree to undertake…
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