After four metro drivers have been injured in train accidents since June, it appears that greater safety training is needed by DC Metro. Union officials have also called for more safety training for new and existing subway train operators. Having tried cases where the employer tries to rely on the injured workers’ signatures on a…
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Injured workers lawyer Doug Landau often represents workers and their families from other states. When these workers suffer fatal injury, their families are confronted with enormous and immediate expenses. However, the amount available under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act is limited, and does not pay all the bills related to transporting the fallen worker’s remains…
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With over 6 million people in the construction trades in the United States, it is a significant sector of our economy, However, construction is also one of the most dangerous kind of work, with over 8,000 workers killed on construction sites each year and many thousands injured and maimed for life. At ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd.,…
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While anyone who knows Doug Landau knows that this Herndon, Chantilly and Centreville injury lawyer finds races all over the country (and the world) when he travels for cases and to meet clients, there are also other Virginia Trial Lawyers who run, and run well ! At this past weekend’s Richmond Marathon, Half Marathon and…
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Lawyers who do NOT represent insurance companies and who devote a substantial amount of their time, effort and resources toward helping injured workers and their families met again today in Richmond at the “VTLA Advanced Workers Compensation Retreat.” Doug Landau has remarked, “I always learn about unreported cases, strategies and new ways of helping disabled…
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