At the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU we are often asked by perplexed personal injury lawyers and disabled workers to decipher the Virginia Workers Compensation Act to determine when an on the job accident is “compensable.” An employee can be injured in a Virginia workplace mishap but be “barred” by what is know as “the…
Continue readingSince 2008, the Virginia courts have ruled repeatedly against the injured worker on the issue of “marketing.” Herndon’s injured workers lawyer Doug Landau frequently hears from claimants (and so-called personal injury attorneys) who are baffled by this requirement under Virginia law. What is “marketing” in the context of the Virginia Workers Compensation Act ? It…
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While any lawyer can ask for and participate in the free Mediation offered by the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission, it takes time, effort, experience and money to be properly prepared to Mediate a permanent injury or total disability case. The best Virginia Workers Compensation lawyers in Virginia come prepared with their own settlement evaluation and…
Continue readingWhy not ? Mediating workers compensation cases has many advantages in terms of time, costs and certainty according to Virginia workplace injury lawyer Doug Landau of the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. Although there is no guarantee that an on the job accident case will settle at Mediation, the advantages include: buy online lasix…
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Mediation in Virginia on the job injury cases is a VOLUNTARY process. The insurance company and defense lawyers cannot force an injured work or their family to submit to Mediation. Likewise, as much as we may want to in a particular case, we cannot force the insurer or their hired guns to agree to mediate…
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