Shown here are Shawn Shook of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., and Jimmy of “Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern” in front of the Herndon Festival Carnival. The sinking ship in the background is an inflatable slide erected as part of htese annual festivities. However, injuries and illnesses sustained on cruise ships are no laughing matter. Prosecuting cruise ship…
Continue readingThe Philadelphia Business Journal reported that the Pennsylvania-based company filed for bankruptcy in the U. S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. In December, Wentworth laid off 120 of its 200 employees and closed its Las Vegas office. J.G. Wentworth, founded in 1991, is owned by New York-based JLL Partners and buys structured settlements, annuities and life…
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The “Offer of judgment” can be an effective tool in those jurisdictions where it is permitted. An offer of judgment is a settlement offer by one party to allow a specified judgment to be taken against it. It is one of the strategies used by Leesburg and Fairfax lawyer Doug Landau for dealing with delays…
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Doug Landau once again participated in the Supreme Court’s “New Judges’ Training Program” in Richmond yesterday. Presenting a personal injury bus stop accident case at the downtown John Marshall Courts Building, the Loudoun Fairfax injury lawyer was able to put a Tidewater Judge in training through his paces. Part of the learning process for the…
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Leesburg and Herndon airport injury lawyer Doug Landau has been asked why there is no Loudoun or Fairfax County Police Accident Report by clients in motor vehicle accidents at Dulles International Airport (“IAD”). Clients injured on BOTH sides of the Terminal have difficulty explaining why the local Loudoun and Fairfax County cops cannot cross over…
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