The District of Columbia’s highest appellate court has ruled against a pair of disabled employees who sought to have their disability benefits continue beyond 500 weeks. The workers’ consolidated appeal was unsuccessful, as Senior Judge Newman wrote the affirmance of the Compensation Review Board’s (“CRB”) interpretation of the DC Statute in denying the two employee’s…
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In a decision received this month, a convention executive received an award of 21% permanency to her arm. The insurance company had sent this middle-age woman to a doctor of its choosing, and its orthopedic specialist found that she only had 3% permanent partial disability to her left upper extremity. This Abrams Landau, Ltd. client…
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Mediation often results in a settlement of a permanent injury or disability case. However, there are times where the parties cannot agree, and the case does not settle. Recently, Doug Landau was involved in a mediation on behalf of an out-of-state client with a Virginia case. The assigned mediator was a very experienced a jurist…
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There are times when a case cannot be settled, but it also does not need to be tried in court. The Virginia Worker’s Compensation Commission (“VWC”) has a free mediation program. Judges from around the state will hear the injured worker, their counsel, defense counsel and the insurance company speak about the case. These experienced…
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This was the case for Doug Landau one recent December morning. When workers compensation lawyer Landau and his injured client showed up for court in Berryville, Virginia, nobody was there! It seems that because the insurance company had not retained counsel, there was nobody on the other side to defend the case. In fact, because…
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