United Airlines adopted Continental’s ban of certain breeds of dogs. Breeds, or mixes, that have reached either 6 months of age or 20 pounds that are prohibited are: Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers, Presa Canario, Perro de Presa Canario, Dogo Argentino, Cane Corso, Fila Brasileiro, Tosa (or Tosa Ken) and Ca de Bou. Although…
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There are bike messengers, motorcycle delivery and courier car services, but Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau took “hand carried” to a new level this week. Anxious to finalize a workers compensation settlement for a client, lawyer Landau drove to Washington, D.C. to hand deliver the paperwork to insurance defense counsel after the injured worker had…
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Rarely do disabled Virginia Workers get more than 500 weeks of wage loss compensation. Even in fatal accident cases, the families of the deceased workers do not even get 10 years of benefits. However, in very limited cases, where the injured worker has lost BOTH arms, legs, eyes, hands or feet, they can apply for…
Continue readingAfter a number of decisions where the disabled worker lost continuing wage loss benefits because their efforts to look for light duty work did not pass muster, the Full Commission of the Virginia Workers Compensation ruled in favor of a claimant on this difficult issue ! In Waldman vs. Wal-Mart, the testimony was that approximately…
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It’s gotten harder, but the short answer, according to Herndon Reston workplace injury lawyer Doug Landau is “yes.” Two 2010 cases made it look like a partial disabled worker would always lose on the issue of marketing unless they were “pounding pavement” every single day. In the 2010 Ruffin case, the Full Virginia Workers Comp…
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