I have previously written about the tragic case of the boy whose foot was “swallowed” at a professional baseball game by the escalator at Shea Stadium. My father’s record verdict in that case helped to bring to light the fact that escalators pose a significant risk of injury, especially when they are not inspected or…
Continue readingA New York Giants concessions vendor has paid $26 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the parents of a girl who was paralyzed following a 1999 auto accident. According to the complaint, employees of Philadelphia-based Aramark Corp. continued to serve beer to the man responsible for the accident despite the fact that he was…
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Government regulators have long been alarmed by the fact that the number one killer of teens remains car crashes. Among the risk factors are: driver fatigue cell phone use night time driving driving with multiple teenage passengers According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”), teens are more likely to takes risks such as…
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When four generations of women came to my office seeking help for an innocent child being raised by her grandparents, none of imagined that the little girl would receive tax free payments for almost a decade. The case arose as the result of the accidental death of a boom truck worker. The basket on the truck…
Continue readingDoug Landau and the staff at Abrams Landau are fortunate to have been asked to help the families of those whose lives were taken on 9/11. One such person is Pilot Tom Heidenberger. His wife was a flight attendant on Flight 77 that went into the Pentagon. Doug Landau was impressed with Tom and the…
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