According to homeowners who have retained my friend Ervin Gonzalez, Chinese-made drywall is ruining their homes. Gonzalez has filed a class action lawsuit on their behalf. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) officials are looking into claims that Chinese-made drywall installed in some Florida homes is emitting smelly, corrosive gases and ruining household systems such as…
Continue reading“While there are caps on damages that a disabled victim can receive in many jurisdictions, there are no limits to how much money an expert witness can make,” according to Loudoun and Fairfax injury lawyer Doug Landau of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. In today’s Washington Post there is an interesting article about what, caused a 4-month-old’s…
Continue readingHaving handled cases where defective fans cause sparks and fires, burn injury lawyer Doug Landau was intrigued by the Lasko Products case. According to the Philadelphia Daily News story, four years after a fire ignited by a faulty floor fan killed a 7-year-old Germantown boy, his family found some solace this week when a jury…
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Recently, an experienced personal injury lawyer sent me the following, “We are settling a third-party tort claim in which there is a workers’ comp lien. I know that my client is responsible for paying back Temporary Total Disability (“TTD”) benefits, medical treatment, prescriptions and transportation costs. But is my client responsible for paying back the…
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A $2,850,000 verdict against the Otis Elevator Company reminds us at the Loudoun Fairfax ABRAMS LANDAU law firm of Norman Landau’s extraordinary case against this same defendant. Landau’s case, on behalf of a child whose foot was crushed because of an excessive gap in the escalator’s steps, resulted in a record verdict in New York…
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