One of the reasons to retain experienced legal counsel as soon as possible after a catastrophic car accident, dog attack, bike crash or trip and fall causing brain injury is because a qualified trial lawyer will start investigation so that your case can be presented with the evidence necessary to win. What kinds of things…
Continue readingThe recent verdict from Montgomery County, Virginia underscores what Herndon lawyer Doug Landau has been emphasizing for years: that the amount of medical bills and lost wages are not subject to some formula to calculate settlement or likely verdict outcomes. In the Blacksburg Virginia Triathlon case, a bicyclist crashed into a car when it ran…
Continue readingThe answer is “yes.” With the recent verdict in a fatal bike crash case in Montgomery County, Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau points out that we can see that not only can both sides of a crash case lose, due to contributory negligence and assumption of the risk, but both sides can also win when…
Continue readingTriathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau reports that the triathlete who was killed while competing in Southwest Virginia has once again been vindicated by a jury’s verdict. While people unfamiliar with the sport of triathlon might have leapt to the conclusion that the racer was to blame for this crash, or had at least “assumed the…
Continue readingIn a case from Middlesex County, New Jersey, a man and a woman riding on a motorcycle were injured when their bike was hit by a car that was swerving to avoid a horse in the roadway. The plaintiffs claimed the horse caused the bike crash. On May 16, 2004, the 59-year-old plaintiff, was riding…
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