Where a company driver was struck by another motorist and injured in the line of duty, medical care for the injuries may be the responsibility of the driver’s employer under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act. This is generally true for all treatment that is “reasonable” and “related” to the on-the-job car crash. However, in a…
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Having traveled up and down Interstate 81 to get to Roanoke, Blacksburg and Smith Mountain Lake, highway accident lawyer Doug Landau has seen trucks barreling unsafely down the road at all hours. This main traveling artery is a major truck route through the North-South corridor. It avoids the traffic snarls of I-95 along the east…
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In a case presided over by my friend Circuit Court Judge William Ledbetter, the Hanover County bench trial resulted in a verdict of $6,350,000 to the family of a flat bed truck driver who was struck head-on by a drunk motorist. The decedent’s truck burst into flames, however he was able to extricate himself. The…
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Sometimes, insurance companies don’t have a good reason for not settling a clear liability case. Recently, State Farm Insurance Company refused to offer more than $25,000 in a case in which there was $48,000 in medical bills and $7,000 in lost wages. This was despite the fact that the defendant driver drifted into the innocent…
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Virginia law does not let a plaintiff’s lawyer like Doug Landau mention the name of the insurance company or even the word “insurance” at trial. If the word is mentioned, it usually results in a mistrial. This is generally true even if the defendant dies before trial and the only folks forcing the case to…
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