“Time is money.” So the saying goes. Injury and disability lawyer Doug Landau recommends to his clients from Ashburn, Leesburg and Sterling Virginia clients that they seek “Prejudgment Interest” in their dog bite, car crash, bike accident and brain injury cases. “Prejudgment Interest” can add up to several hundreds of thousands of dollars in a…
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A motorcyclist who lost control of his bike and incurred more than $100,000 in medical expenses from the single-vehicle crash thought he had coverage through his own motor vehicle insurance policy. The injured motor cycle driver sought coverage for the medical bills under his individual insurance, but the plan denied the claim. The reason? The…
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Nigel Haskett was working at a McDonald’s last August when he interceded to stop a man who was beating a woman in the restaurant. The assailant, later identified as Perry Kennon, went outside. Haskett also stepped outside and stood at the door to keep Kennon from re-entering the restaurant. Kennon retrieved a gun from his…
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While in Richmond to try a jet crash case, Doug Landau visited with friend and co-counsel David Bailey of the Environmental Law Group. Like the Herndon trial lawyer Landau, Bailey has a background in science and went to graduate school for biology. He was the ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND’s Senior Attorney/Scientist and Director of Virginia Office.…
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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 $25,000. A former employee of DRS-DDS (the Department of Rehabilitation Services and the Department of Disability Services) sustained an injury to her lumbar…
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