“Employer’s safety rules do not have to be in the form of a book, poster or toolbox handout,” notes Northern Virginia workers comp lawyer Doug Landau. There are cases where a simple diagram on a piece of machinery or verbal reminders would be sufficient. In one case, Landau recalls, a landscape crew member got sick…
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Generally, an employee “going to or from the place where her work is to be performed is not engaged in performing any service growing out of and incidental to her employment.” In other words, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation laws, like those of many other states, do not cover employees when they are “commuting,” going on…
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While Herndon workers comp and workplace injury lawyer Doug Landau of Abrams Landau, Ltd. has won cases for employees struck by cars when leaving work or going to their employer mandated parking places, a recent Unpublished Virginia Court of Appeals decision adds a twist to these fact specific claims. In the 2017 case of Washington v.…
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With all the bad press about the delays in the court system and disabled workers waiting months and sometimes years for good news, it is wonderful when swift justice is rendered. Only one day after representing our client at his workers’ compensation hearing, we received an official winning decision! This is the fastest written decision…
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While there are some insurance defense lawyers of the mindset that every job site injury must have been as the result of a violation of workplace rule, Herndon lawyer Doug Landau disagrees. For an employer to win a compensation claim using the “Violation of a Safety Rule” defense, it has to be the willful violation…
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