Free medical information and “face time” with top area doctors are all the reasons you need to attend an upcoming INOVA program at a hospital near you. The superb, free lectures are open to the public, as the INOVA hospitals of Northern Virginia invite you the “Ask the Experts” programs. These sessions make top doctors…
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A “presumption is a legal term which indicates that a judge will “presume” a fact in evidence, unless or until other facts are introduced to show that such evidence is not to be presumed. For example, in fatal on the job accident cases, if the victim is found at a place, time & manner consistent…
Continue readingThe denial of even the limited benefits of workers compensation to severely disabled due to brain injury due to a loophole in Virginia law has several legislators looking to fix the law this session. House Bill 1475 would help workers injured in unwitnessed accidents who are unable to recall the circumstances of the incident due…
Continue readingState Workers Compensation claims are becoming more complex. In the past, if the insurance company, the employer, the injured worker and their lawyer agreed to a compromise settlement, a Maryland workers compensation judge could approve the settlement and payments would then be made. Now the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) is proposing to make permanent…
Continue readingAfter the initial impact of a car or truck accident, there is often secondary injuries caused by the rolling of the vehicle and the failure of defective elements within the crash protection structures of the car itself. Having represented injured car crash victims in car rollover accidents, Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau has seen the…
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