A Virginia Circuit Court judge has ruled that two $10 million wrongful death lawsuits filed by families of Virginia Tech students killed in the 2007 massacre in Blacksburg can go forward. On April 16, 2009 — the two-year anniversary of the deadliest shooting on a college campus in U.S. history — the lawsuits were filed…
Continue readingPeople ask car crash lawyer Doug Landau of the ABRAMS LANDAU law firm in Herndon, Virginia, if you can still sue a drunk or reckless driver if they have been sent to jail. Last week’s post by Herndon lawyer Landau about Guardians ad Litem addressed how “incompetent” defendants (who are incarcerated or mentally unable to…
Continue readingFor your and your family’s safety, try to answer the following TRUE/FALSE questions: 1. If the cops don’t find any pot in my system, even if my car passengers were getting high on marijuana, I cannot be arrested. 2. My doctor gave me a prescription, so if I have a bottle of the medicine with…
Continue readingRecently, as the result of a McLean party, the host parents were charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors, as there were freshman and sophomores who were drinking. Abrams Landau staff attended a parent safety meeting with a Fairfax County Police Department School Resource Officer this month to learn how to safeguard teenagers and…
Continue readingAccording to a presentation by a Fairfax County Police Department School Resource Officer attended by Abrams Landau staff, the product “4 Loko” is the equivalent of 4 beers plus caffeine. Because of the delayed onset of its components, it is like a “date rape drug.” One Langley High School girl was found with a blood…
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