Sports and brain injury lawyer Doug Landau is asked how can there be a brain injury after a crash if a helmut was worn and there was no blood or skull fracture. The “TriathlonTrialLawyer” advises that this can be due to what is known as “coup/contracoup” and subdural hematoma. Contracoup Brain Injury: A specific area…
Continue readingEvery time the trial team at the Reston-Herndon area law firm of ABRAMS LANDAU think we have seen the lowest behavior that an insurance defense lawyer will go to deny or derail a meritorious claim, we are saddened to see even worse behavior. In a case that will be reported in Lawyers Weekly soon, our…
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It is the position of ABRAMS LANDAU trial lawyer that the answers are, “No, No and No.” When a Virginia client with neck, back and spine injuries was recently sent by the insurance company for a “DME” (“defense medical examination”), she was asked to fill out 7 PAGES OF FORMS and BRING ALL HER RECORDS…
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What kinds of expert medical opinions did Doug Landau have to get from the doctors in order to assist his client in her Social Security Disability claim ? The ABRAMS LANDAU team was able to request and receive the treating doctor’s opinions that his patient would be able to sit and/or stand for less than…
Continue readingWhen clients have obvious loss of function, injuries resulting in amputation or other obvious deformities, the Administrative Law Judges who hear Social Security claims have objective signs supporting disability. But when there is no outward sign of injury or disability, such as with cases of brain injury, spinal cord trauma, closed head injury, or internal…
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