The following safety checklist from the Rocky Rural Electrification Association (“RREA”) came across electrical injury lawyer Doug Landau’s desk recently. The RREA provides complete Power Distribution services to its members. Their Safety Checklist includes the following considerations: Are all trees in the yard free and clear from overhead power lines? Are your farmyard buildings located…
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Keeping your distance from overhead power lines can turn out to be a matter of life and death, warns electrocution and electrification injury lawyer Doug Landau. Overhead power lines are “live” and uninsulated. Inadvertent contact with an overhead power line can cause a serious permanent or even fatal injuries. Landau has represented families who have…
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According to Herndon and Sterling Virginia workers compensation lawyer Doug Landau, marketing residual physical abilities is critical to the receipt of benefits after a “light duty work” release. However, many ABRAMS LANDAU clients suggest that this is an exercise in futility in light of recent economic trends. The Herndon Connection newspaper article by Julia O’Donahue’s…
Continue readingThe Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was passed to protect American workers from being abused by their employers. Often times, employees are forced to work “off-the-clock.” This occurs when managers and supervisors intimidate employees by claiming that there are plenty of unemployed individuals out there who want their job. (See our prior post as to…
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Recently, an experienced personal injury lawyer sent me the following, “We are settling a third-party tort claim in which there is a workers’ comp lien. I know that my client is responsible for paying back Temporary Total Disability (“TTD”) benefits, medical treatment, prescriptions and transportation costs. But is my client responsible for paying back the…
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