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Members of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG) came from such diverse states as Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina and New York, among others, to attend the...

The details in this case are hard to believe.  It would stand to reason that if a person is legally blind, a claim for Social Security disability benefits would be a slam dunk. But in this case, that is not what happened....

Workers’ Compensation Attorney Doug Landau is used to dealing with Workers’ Compensation cases.  But, an injured worker may not understand that there are certain requirements that must be met in order to collect...

In yesterday’s post, we looked at whether a new promotion or training can cause a problem with calculating an injured worker’s Average Weekly Wage. Today, Herndon Virginia injured workers lawyer Doug Landau looks...

When a worker is injured on the job, weekly compensation benefits are determined by looking at their pre-injury average wage.  In Virginia, this usually means looking at the 52 weeks leading up to the date of the workplace...