Northern Virginia Police are unsure why pedestrian fatalities have nearly tripled from last year. There have been 10 pedestrian fatalities so far this year across Fairfax County. In 2008, there were a total of four pedestrian deaths in Fairfax County; in just the first eight months of 2009, there have been 10. This month two…
Continue readingThe City of Norfolk Virginia settled with the mother of a teenager who suffered permanent brain damage after being struck by a city truck for $7,500,000 one week prior to trial. Because the teenage Plaintiff will never be able to work or care for himself, this lawsuit was filed on his behalf by his mother. In December…
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Car and bike crash injury lawyer Doug Landau warns: Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security by a green gecko or Neanderthal. Who can resist an adorable lizard with a Cockney accent, or a cave man and his quest to be accepted into modern-man’s world? We all laugh as the jokes in these…
Continue readingThe world would be much simpler if each accident resulted in, “he hit me… he pays”. But unfortunately this explanation does not always sit well with both the defendant and the plaintiff. One more complicated version of an at-fault accident is called negligent entrustment. An example of this accusation would be if a person, or…
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As a parent, is allowing your son or daughter to host a party with under aged drinking worth $2,500 per person, losing your driver’s license, and spending a year in jail? According to Herndon and Reston Virginia area injury lawyer Doug Landau, it is absolutely not worth it. At ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., we have seen…
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