Whose side are they on, anyway? After a workplace accident, an injured worker has enough to worry about, like paying for food, rent, utilities, gas, etc., without having to worry about whether nurse case managers, the insurance company, or employer assigned to his case are interfering, or worse, setting him up for denial or termination…
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Why doesn’t the defendant get to present a medical expert at trial? The short answer is the insurance company’s defense lawyers are always allowed to have a medical expert examine an injured Plaintiff once the lawsuit has been filed. They can also have a doctor do what is called a “medical records review” to rebut…
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In a recent bike ride up to nearby Mount Weather, Doug Landau was reminded of advice he gives his injured and disabled clients: “Pretend that the insurance company has the drones of God!” In other words, your mindset should be that as soon as the insurance company gets word of the potential claim, they could…
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Not only has the Herndon, Virginia injury law firm Abrams Landau, Ltd. been able to work at full capacity remotely from home, but its staff members continue to further educate themselves in order to best represent their clients. For instance, legal assistant Lisa Goldman attended the Virginia Trial Lawyer’s Association’s (VTLA) “Med School for Attorneys”…
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A recent study found that most leaks of patient information were due to the negligence of employees of healthcare providers, not by attacks from external hackers. Because of this, you should be extra careful about what information you give to your doctors’ offices, hospitals and local drug stores. The study, published in the Journal of…
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