When a Defendant’s Insurance Company cannot defeat a negligence claim they will often attack the claims for harms and losses by hiring a doctor to do their bidding. These “hired guns” derive a large part of their incomes from doing reports for insurance companies and testifying against injured car crash and dog attack victims in…
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 readingThe homeowners insurance company for the parents who hosted a teen sleepover party has settled a wrongful death claim brought by the family of a 14-year-old girl who died in a car crash. The $1.75-million settlement in the controversial case was approved by a Henrico County judge. The money comes from the homeowners’ insurance for…
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Herndon head and facial injury lawyer Doug Landau helped write the Premises Liability books for Lexis Nexis over 25 years ago. During that time, the ABRAMS LANDAU trial lawyer has helped people severely injured by dangers and defects on property and in buildings. This includes injuries caused by slippery surfaces, defective steps, missing railings, broken…
Continue readingA former cruise ship trumpet player was awarded $1.7 million from a Miami jury after he slipped and fell while on stage on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. As a former trumpet player, this verdict caught recreational injury, vacation accident and resort tort lawyer Doug Landau’s eye. The horn player claimed that the fall injured…
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