Drunk drivers pose an unreasonable risk of harm to other motorists, bikers and pedestrians on Northern Virginia roads. The Herndon Oak Hill Connection reported that the Fairfax County Police Department started their “Safe December” campaign last month, which means increased DWI patrols, checkpoints and police presence on the roads. According to the Fairfax County Police…
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The Florida Bar News reported in “News and Notes” December 15th, 2010 the fact that Doug Landau presented “Creative Ways to Increase Settlement and Get it Sooner Rather Than Later” at the Virginia trial lawyers (“VTLA“) Tort Law Seminars all over the Commonwealth of Virginia, teaching lawyers in Roanoke, Richmond, Virginia Beach and Fairfax. The…
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In Virginia car crash cases, insurance defense lawyers will admit that their insured may have been careless, but they will allege that the injured plaintiff was also not being careful. Automobile insurance companies attempt to shift the blame and not accept responsibility for the damages caused by their insured motorists. In Virginia, this “contributory negligence”…
Continue readingAdding “insult to injury,” some drivers who cause car wrecks leave the scene of the accident or “forget” to call their automobile insurer afterwards. What happens when the person who causes a car crash does not report the accident to her insurance company ? The Landau Law Shop was recently apprised of a motor vehicle…
Continue readingDog bites accounted for more than a third of all homeowner or renter policy liability claims last year, with an average claim of $24,840. Herndon dog attack lawyer Doug Landau has met with victims of dog attacks who could not be reimbursed for the harms caused by dangerous dogs because the defendants’ homeowners insurance company…
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