Many people are under the impression that if they become injured and receive workers’ compensation, they cannot collect any other compensation for their losses. Fortunately, at the Landau Law Shop, we routinely show injured workers and disabled accident victims that this is not always the case. If you are injured in a Virginia, Maryland or…
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The victim of the bike crash Sunday at Ridge Heights Road near the Langston Hughes Middle School and South Lakes High School contacted sports injury lawyer Doug Landau this week. The Loudoun County athlete sustained multiple injuries in the incident and was taken to INOVA Fairfax Hospital by ambulance after being attended to at the…
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When injured cyclists recover and return to training, it makes the athletes’ lawyer Doug Landau very happy. When disabled clients are able to go back to competing, it is heartwarming. And, as happened today, they win awards, it is incredible. Several clients who had been struck by motorists while riding their bicycles, and who had…
Continue readingThe danger of infection from a dog bite is one of the reasons surgeons will sometimes loosely stitch a dog attack wound site. Bacteria in dog saliva can cause complications and infection. The death of a Washington man from a dog bite has prompted a lawsuit by the man’s family against the dog’s owner. The…
Continue readingIn Virginia, the law strictly bars an employee from suing their employer or co-worker for an injury that occurs on the job. However, Virginia law does allow the injured worker to retain the right to sue a “third party” whose negligence caused or contributed to the worker’s injury, even if the worker receives workers’ compensation/ …
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