The Virginia Workers Compensation law generally does not allow lawsuits between co-workers, and it definitely protects employers from any responsibility for workplace injury claims, except in the case of sexual assaults. However, Connecticut law allows lawsuits against coworkers for automobile related claims, and against the employer for willful and wanton misconduct, or where the negligence…
Continue readingWho wants to see anyone else’s butt coming out of their low-slung pants, cars or trucks ? Certainly not former prosecuting attorney Doug Landau of the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. Having seen far too many lit cigarette butts tossed from truck and cars, and seen the devastation caused when they ignite dry grass…
Continue readingWe have all seen scenes from depositions. The story in the recent hit movie “The Social Network” is told in large part through the FaceBook founder’s disastrous deposition testimony. The process of filing a lawsuit and seeing it all the way through trial after a car crash, truck accident or slip and fall can at…
Continue readingTraveling on the Beltway home from another successful Disability case, I was struck by how many car crashes I saw in the vicinity of the I-495, I-95 and I-66 Interstate corridors. Are there particular ramps or area that are more dangerous than others on the DC area interstate highways ? With all the coverage of…
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One of the busiest highways in the country is the I-95 corridor. This major national artery goes right through the heart of the DC Metropolitan area. Fatal car and truck crashes in Virginia and Maryland along the 64-mile long highway results in nearly 3,000 accidents a year — about eight a day — and claims…
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