The easy answer is “no.” You are not covered by workers’ compensation insurance if you have not yet reported for work. However, Virginia workers’ compensation lawyer Doug Landau says that there are exceptions to this rule. For example, under what is known as the “personal comfort doctrine,” the employee may clock out of work and…
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Do you know what it’ll take to win your slip and fall injury case? You may have been a complete victim to certain circumstances, such as a spill on the ground, and been injured severely, but that’s not enough to even have a case before a jury. There are certain things you’ll have to prove…
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One of the first things the Abrams Landau law team looks at when developing case strategy is to look at the “black letter law” applicable to the particular case. The Herndon, Virginia injury firm looks to see what evidence and testimony will be necessary to prove negligence in the car crash, unsafe product, trip and…
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Falls are the number 1 cause of injury to older Americans, one in three of whom can expect to fall each year. Doug Landau and the injury law firm of ABRAMS LANDAU receive many calls each year from folks who sustain permanent injury in slip and fall and trip and fall accidents. Many clients fracture…
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Unlike a car crash case, or slip and fall lawsuit, Worker’s Compensation claims do not require that the injuries are a result of anyone’s “fault.” In other words, you can be a klutz and still collect comp! Herndon workplace injury lawyer Doug Landau has helped many disabled construction laborers who simply tripped over equipment, work…
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