A recent NY Times article began: “Note to victims of accidents, medical malpractice, broken contracts and the like: When you sue, make a deal.” That is the clear lesson of a soon-to-be-released study of civil lawsuits that has found that most of the plaintiffs who decided to pass up a settlement offer and went to…
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More than half of all fall-related deaths by the elderly are caused by brain injuries. .This is according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) in a first-of-its-kind study. According to the CDC investigation, the severity of brain injuries resulting from falls may not be patently obvious, even to healthcare professionals..In other words,…
Continue readingBusinesses could save between $114,000 and $670,000 per claim by settling lawsuits early rather than mounting an extensive defense, a study of personal injury settlements has found. According to the study, which analyzed court settlements of personal injury and defective product injury cases against companies between 1988 and 2004 in Texas and Florida, early settlement…
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At Abrams Landau, Ltd., we have helped people injured while participating in Sports and Recreational Activities. We were successful on behalf of a Fairfax, Virginia golf pro who was injured in a golf cart accident at a Maryland golf course. Doug Landau noted that a 6/16/2008 New York Times piece recently revealed that the number…
Continue readingA 21-year-old college student who dreamed of becoming a teacher was in an accident with the Defendants’ truck. She claimed $2,400,000 in medical expenses and lost wages as well as traumatic brain injury. But pictures on her MySpace page showing her at parties after the accident told a different story to the jury. Her MySpace…
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