The danger of infection from a dog bite is one of the reasons surgeons will sometimes loosely stitch a dog attack wound site. Bacteria in dog saliva can cause complications and infection. The death of a Washington man from a dog bite has prompted a lawsuit by the man’s family against the dog’s owner. The…
Continue reading“Just because obesity was deleted as a listing in 1999 does not mean that it is not important for the Social Security Administration to consider when evaluating claims for disability benefits,” according to Herndon Social Security lawyer Doug Landau. Noting that many of his disabled clients do not have any one particular impairment that meets…
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Having represented victims of traumatic brain injury (“TBI”) and supported the Brain Injury Association, I was thrilled to see that the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute will undertake the largest brain study ever conducted. According to the announcement in Virginia Business, the research study is to be called “Roanoke 15,000.” This new human brain study…
Continue readingIn a word, according to Herndon Reston workers comp lawyer Doug Landau, “NO.” Insurance company agents, especially their defense lawyers and so-called “nurses” and “medical case managers” routinely try to go behind our backs and talk to the doctors without the patient or their lawyer’s being present. This is called an “ex parte” contact, and…
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Landau’s speech, “Creative Ways to Increase Settlement” a hit with SRO Richmond audience Everyone who knows Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau knows he likes to talk ! After success at the American Association for Justice meeting of the National Trial Lawyers in February and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention in March, Landau is…
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