Believe it or not, there is a television show called “Lie to Me.” The people on the show try to solve crimes by determining who is lying by looking at facial expressions, nervous ticks, word usage and other clues. It is an interesting look at one aspect of forensic science. However, strangers contacting ABRAMS LANDAU…
Continue readingLast week saw the first flakes of the Winter of 2010-2011 at the Landau Law Shop. There was no accumulation at the ABRAMS LANDAU Herndon law firm, but other parts of the country have already been buffeted by severe winter storms and snow accumulation. Last year the Washington DC metropolitan area got pummeled by record-setting…
Continue readingWrongful death lawsuits filed by families of Virginia Tech students killed in the 2007 massacre in Blacksburg will move forward, a circuit court judge ruled November 22. On April 16, 2009 — the two-year anniversary of the deadliest shooting on a college campus in U.S. history — lawsuits were filed in Fairfax County Circuit Court…
Continue readingA Virginia Circuit Court judge has ruled that two $10 million wrongful death lawsuits filed by families of Virginia Tech students killed in the 2007 massacre in Blacksburg can go forward. On April 16, 2009 — the two-year anniversary of the deadliest shooting on a college campus in U.S. history — the lawsuits were filed…
Continue readingPeople ask car crash lawyer Doug Landau of the ABRAMS LANDAU law firm in Herndon, Virginia, if you can still sue a drunk or reckless driver if they have been sent to jail. Last week’s post by Herndon lawyer Landau about Guardians ad Litem addressed how “incompetent” defendants (who are incarcerated or mentally unable to…
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