3/9 Jury awards damages for Blacksburg nursing home resident after fall from bed Mason pix Falls for elderly clients of the ABRAMS LANDAU law firm often cause permanent injury. Frequently these falls prove to be fatal to...
Category: Personal Injury
“If the Workers Compensation Insurance Company is paying my medical bills and wage loss, I’m all set, right ?”
March 8, 2010
Virginia workers comp lawyer Doug Landau is often asked this question. The short answer is, “NO.” Comp insurance companies may voluntarily pay for medical care or lost wages, and it seems as though they do so...
Pulled PICC line causes nerve injury to construction worker attacked and bitten by dogs
March 7, 2010
“PICC” (or “PIC line”) is a form of intravenous (“IV”) access that can be used for a prolonged period of time (i.e., extended antibiotic therapy). However, what most people don’t...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) is investigating the death of a SeaWorld Orlando killer whale trainer. An autopsy showed that the veteran sea mammal trainer likely died of multiple...
Time out for brain injured soldiers
March 5, 2010
In light of grosing evidence of susceptibility to increased brain injury after initial head trauma, the Pentagon is instituting new protocols for soldiers who may have suffered from traumatic brain injury...