Attending a seminar on Hip Replacement Surgery, Doug Landau and Shawn Shook of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., were able to learn about the latest techniques for a surgery that has benefitted many of the Herndon Reston area firm’s clients. Landau and Shook were also able to speak with the medical and manufacturing people and see the…
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ABRAMS LANDAU received notice that the Washington, D.C. Social Security Hearing office will be moving ! Since we have a half dozen cases currently before the Administrative Law Judges (“ALJs”) at that location, it is important that our clients, their families, witnesses and friends know where to go for their all-important “Day in Court.” The…
Continue readingWhen we go on holiday to a resort, spa, hotel, amusement park or camp, we do not expect the owners or operators to be “on a vacation” when it comes to safety. Doug Landau of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. contributed hundreds of pages to the three volume PREMISES LIABILITY books published by Lexis-Nexis. Under premises liability…
Continue readingHome exercise equipment and therapy aids can be paid for by the workers compensation insurance company according to Herndon Reston area injury lawyer Doug Landau of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. For example, in the case of Emmett v. Food Lion, Inc., 73 OWC 166 (1994), an employee sought to hold her employer responsible for exercise equipment…
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For my entire legal career, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (“ATLA”) has had its headquarters in Georgetown. Having been a member since 1981, I was surprised to see the name of the largest trial lawyers group in the United States change its name to the “American Association for Justice” (“AAJ”) and move its…
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