This summer, Margaret Deng took an oath of citizenship and became a citizen of the United States. Her birth country is Sudan, Africa. This mother of 4 came to Douglas Landau for assistance with a workers’ comp claim. ...
Category: Disability
ABRAMS LANDAU CLIENTS RECEIVE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND HOME IMPROVEMENTS
September 2, 2008
The Workers’ Compensation Act (§ 65.2-603) provides that, if medically necessary, the employer may be required to furnish durable medical equipment and modification of the employee’s home for handicap accessibility up to...
Counsel show brain damage can occur even in minor collision with no apparent head injury.
September 1, 2008
Although the plaintiff walked away from a fender-bender automobile accident with relatively minor injuries and no apparent head trauma, his family knew in the months following the crash that something was wrong. When the...
Doctors do NOT have to talk to Workers Comp Rehabilitation Specialists or Adjusters in Virginia
August 27, 2008
The Virginia Workers Compensation Statute says the rehab personnel (as well as insurance adjusters) are entitled to “copies” of medical reports. “Copies” does not include verbal reports. It is Doug...
Brain Injury Fatalities – CDC Study Finds That Most Elderly Fall Deaths Caused by Brain Injury
August 26, 2008
More than half of all fall-related deaths by the elderly are caused by brain injuries. .This is according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) in a first-of-its-kind study. According to the...