Upon late arrival at a local airport, a passenger was injured while walking through a poorly lit airport corridor. The passenger/traveler fell, shattering his elbow, requiring EMS assistance and surgical repair. In order to...
Category: Airport Runway, Tarmac and AOA incidents
If an Airport Work Injury Was My Fault, Can I Still Collect Workers Compensation?
September 28, 2018
Even if an airport accident is your fault, if you were on the job, then you may still be able to collect Workers’ Compensation benefits under Virginia and Washington, D.C. law. Workers’ Compensation is a...
Injuries at the airport can happen for many reasons to both employees and travelers. Unfamiliar terrain, distractions, ever-changing signs and uneven jetways present dangers to even the most careful airport travelers....
The easy answer is “no.” You are not covered by workers’ compensation insurance if you have not yet reported for work. However, Virginia workers’ compensation lawyer Doug Landau says that there are...
Workers at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Reagan National Airport (DCA), like many clients of Abrams Landau, come from all over world. Many different languages are heard on both sides of the security...