Category Archives: Disability

Personal Injury structured settlement buyer J.G.Wentworth goes into bankruptcy

The Philadelphia Business Journal reported that the Pennsylvania-based company filed for bankruptcy in the U. S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. In December, Wentworth laid off 120 of its 200 employees and closed its Las Vegas office. J.G. Wentworth, founded in 1991, is owned by New York-based JLL Partners and buys structured settlements, annuities and life…

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Herndon Reston disability and injury lawyer Doug Landau discusses the importance of medication side effects in Social Security Disability cases

We have all seen the orange, pink, yellow and blue labels on the sides of pill bottles. “May cause drowsiness” “Avoid operating machinery” “Take with food” These are important warnings, because the side effects of some very good medications can cause problems in an industrial setting. In a recent Social Security Disability case, the judge…

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Early season cycling: safety in groups. Loudoun Fairfax personal injury and disability lawyer Doug Landau practices what he preaches.

Now that the good weather is finally arriving, let’s talk about sensible cycling. With all the regularly scheduled group rides in this area, being a “solo speedster,” may not be the smartest move. It could be a recipe for a knee injury, back injury, head injury or a fatal bike crash. Very few athletes have…

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Leesburg bike crash lawyer Doug Landau shows the steps taken to protect bikers from crashes at the W&OD Trail intersection with Belmont Ridge Road near Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia

Anyone who rides the W&OD Trail West past Route 28 and Dulles Airport, knows the intersection at Belmont Ridge Road (Route 659, near Ashburn, as pointed out by alert reader Alan Muchnik), with trucks barreling down in both directions, is the place where you would expect to see a serious bike injury. My own wife,…

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The “Rules of the Road” may not apply to your Airport injury case; Leesburg and Fairfax Injury lawyer Doug Landau explains why the cops cannot cross over onto the Airport Authority’s turf

Leesburg and Herndon airport injury lawyer Doug Landau has been asked why there is no Loudoun or Fairfax County Police Accident Report by clients in motor vehicle accidents at Dulles International Airport (“IAD”). Clients injured on BOTH sides of the Terminal have difficulty explaining why the local Loudoun and Fairfax County cops cannot cross over…

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