Doug Landau has been consulted on cases where overhanging branches, shrubbery, and the layout of shopping centers have obstructed the view of directional signs and signals, leading to crashes on the road. In a case out of New Jersey, there was a car crash at a four-way intersection. The injured victim not only sued the…
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How hard is a crash at highway speed? When driving in your car, you are probably not thinking about momentum, forces, or physics. While this may not be on our mind, highway designers and engineers are constantly working to calculate the forces of the impacts that may occur. A car is essentially a small tank;…
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It seems to have become more and more common for illegal temp tags to be used on the roads, but it is a challenging issue to peg down. Attorney Joe Kelly describes how, in his DC neighborhood, it is common to drive around with fake temp tags to avoid insurance and vehicle registration. As he…
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The law until Dec 31, 2021 The “minimum limits” car insurance policy in Virginia has been $25,000 per person and $50,000 per crash. While this sounds like a lot of money, the ABRAMS LANDAU car crash injury team has seen lots of cases where the injuries and losses are far greater than these arbitrary amounts. Clients…
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Truck Crashes May Lead To Lawsuits AND Workers’ Comp Claims for Injured Trucker AND Disabled Victim Truck crashes, and workers’ comp and negligence law: even just one simple motor vehicle accident can give rise to a variety of situations. A commercial truck on a mission for work crashes into a motorist. In such scenarios there…
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