Adding “insult to injury,” some drivers who cause car wrecks leave the scene of the accident or “forget” to call their automobile insurer afterwards. What happens when the person who causes a car crash does not report the accident to her insurance company ? The Landau Law Shop was recently apprised of a motor vehicle…
Continue readingState Workers Compensation claims are becoming more complex. In the past, if the insurance company, the employer, the injured worker and their lawyer agreed to a compromise settlement, a Maryland workers compensation judge could approve the settlement and payments would then be made. Now the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) is proposing to make permanent…
Continue readingSome reckless drivers and alcoholics who cause injury and mayhem on our roads are also cowards. They are afraid to face their “day in court,” and either flee the jurisdiction or do not appear at any of the criminal or civil proceedings in connection with their wrongful conduct. In some personal injury car crash cases,…
Continue readingEven in Boarding School there were students whose “illnesses” and requests for “excuse slips” seemed to correspond with major exams. You may remember the classmate whose illnesses always happened to correspond to test days. There was nothing like an organic chemistry quiz to set his fever to suddenly spike his “symptoms.” Their strategy goes like…
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The costs of medical care are on everyone’ mind these days. Having worked for the incoming President of the American Medical Association (“AMA”), Doug Landau has long advocated for positive changes in the delivery and economics of the delivery of medical services in the United States. The subject is complex, and there are many competing…
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