With over 6 million people in the construction trades in the United States, it is a significant sector of our economy, However, construction is also one of the most dangerous kind of work, with over 8,000 workers killed on construction sites each year and many thousands injured and maimed for life. At ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd.,…
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Because of our experience helping injured cyclists, our law firm was contacted by a member of a new York City Orchestra who was injured while riding his bike to work. While riding on the correct side of the street, this bike commuter was thrown to the ground when a motorist flung open the car door…
Continue readingAn Albemarle Couty jury rendered a verdict of $5,250,000 plus $450,000 in interest for a family of a teenager killed in a tractor trailer crash. The verdict was for the family of the 16 year old girl who suffered fatal injuries on Route 29 North in May of 2008 according to the Daily Progress newspaper.…
Continue readingWalking near her workplace, a research librarian was struck by a Richmond bus. The pedestrian suffered spinal and shoulder damage and multiple hip and pelvis fractures that resulted in chronic pain. The GRTC bus was making a right turn when it struck her as she crossed North Eighth Street beside the Library of Virginia in…
Continue readingThe plaintiff, a college student, alleged that the tractor-trailer driver violated federal motor carrier safety rules by failing to take the required off-duty time after working a 24-hour shift as a county firefighter. The case is Lymon v. Bohn. The 19 year old (college student) was driving through an intersection and was struck by a…
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