HINT: The SAME THING as its Wall Street investors ! While preparing the first Fen-Phen diet drug cases for trial in the Circuit Court of Alexandria, Doug Landau was stunned to learn that when American Hope Products Corporation put up BILLIONS of dollars to settle the products liability cases of thousands of women whose hearts…
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In Virginia, when you are injured by a drunk or impaired driver, you may recover not only for your actual losses, but you may also seek punitive damages. Actual damages are things like past and present medical bills, wage loss, property damage, etc. Punitive damages, sometimes called “exemplary damages,” are damages above and beyond, and…
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Where a company driver was struck by another motorist and injured in the line of duty, medical care for the injuries may be the responsibility of the driver’s employer under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act. This is generally true for all treatment that is “reasonable” and “related” to the on-the-job car crash. However, in a…
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Sometimes, insurance companies don’t have a good reason for not settling a clear liability case. Recently, State Farm Insurance Company refused to offer more than $25,000 in a case in which there was $48,000 in medical bills and $7,000 in lost wages. This was despite the fact that the defendant driver drifted into the innocent…
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Virginia law does not let a plaintiff’s lawyer like Doug Landau mention the name of the insurance company or even the word “insurance” at trial. If the word is mentioned, it usually results in a mistrial. This is generally true even if the defendant dies before trial and the only folks forcing the case to…
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