Frequently, people call the ABRAMS LANDAU Workers Compensation Team to find out why they are not getting paid workers compensation benefits. The common belief is that ANY accident on the job, or industrial disability, should be covered. However, that is not the law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Let’s say Doug Landau couldn’t get out…
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In order to receive permanency benefits, an injured worker in Virginia must have written evidence supporting the claim. Recently, Doug Landau and the Worker’s Compensation team at ABRAMS LANDAU Ltd., ran into an unusual situation. The injured worker had lost nearly all of the vision in his eye. There had been an explosion and this…
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Remembering when his own father was in the hardbound book, “The Best Lawyers In America” some 30 years ago, Herndon injury and workers compensation Lawyer Doug Landau was pleased that he was once again selected to be listed as one of the best lawyers in the country. For more than 40 years, Best Lawyers has…
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Critical to making sure that you are recovering from surgery after a major injury at work is educating your doctors what you actually did at work. . Most medical doctors have gone through many years of schooling, and very few of them have done construction work or heavy manual labor. Herndon Worker’s Compensation Lawyer Doug…
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When the metal boom hits a worker’s helmet and knocks it 2 feet on the ground, one would think that that would be evidence of a serious injury. However, in the recent case of Blue vs Michels Corporation, the Court of Appeals ruled that the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission correctly denied benefits as not being…
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