Sometimes the best laid plans of mice and men…* go awry. This week’s case that was supposed to be tried in Fairfax was postponed due to the snow and inclement weather. While the ABRAMS LANDAU office was open Monday and we were well prepared to go forward with this trip and fall case, the Judge’s…
Continue readingA fatal fall from the building located at 950 Herndon Parkway has taken the life of a Maryland roofer. A joint investigation with a Compliance Safety and Health Officer from The Department of Labor and Industry and the Herndon Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Section determined that the victim, Pablo Aquino of Hyattsville, lost his footing…
Continue readingTrying to hide a client’s FaceBook pictures has cost a Virginia lawyer $544,000. Because the lawyer did not comply with discovery in a tragic wrongful death case, he paid over half a million dollars of a $722,000 legal fee award to opposing counsel. In addition to paying this sanction, the plaintiff’s lawyer resigned from the…
Continue readingAfter a courageous 2 & 1/2 year battle with pancreatic cancer, Dr. Victor Chamandy, Ph.D. passed away on May 30, 2013. All of us here at ABRAMS LANDAU were saddened by the news of Dr. Chamandy’s passing. He helped our disabled clients with patience, intelligence and empathy. According to the Washington Post obituary, he graduated…
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The Herndon law firm Abrams Landau, Ltd. has in the past hired small planes and helicopter photographers for cases, especially to combat insurance defense counsel’s computer-generated evidence in premises liability cases like slip & fall, dog attack, latent defect, and animal bite lawsuits. Aerial photographs can be very effective evidence in personal injury, permanent disability…
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