While Herndon job injury lawyer Doug Landau advises clients that settling comp claims take time and effort, there are still many questions about the settlements of workers compensation cases. The Virginia Code provides (65.2-701) that compromise settlements of workplace accident, occupational disease or job fatality cases, “may be approved only when the Commission…is clearly of…
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Loudoun Fairfax construction accident lawyer Doug Landau is often asked about safety violations on the work site. If the employer is in violation of safety standards, are they automatically found liable for the disabled worker’s injuries ? And if the injured employee is found to be in violation of a safety rule, can they still…
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Good witnesses can methodically recall what happened before, during and after an impact through the use of all of their 5 senses. These observers can not only recollect what they saw before and after a car crash, but they can also relate what they: smelled (gasoline on the pavement, leaking transmission fluids, burning rubber from…
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Almost every single case involving serious injury, permanent disability or significant wage loss is confronted by an insurance company lawyer demanding an “Independent Medical Examination.” The exam is usually not independent. It is not for treatment, so the “medical” part of the phrase is intellectually dishonest. And as for an “examination,” it’s often more of…
Continue readingThe City of Norfolk Virginia settled with the mother of a teenager who suffered permanent brain damage after being struck by a city truck for $7,500,000 one week prior to trial. Because the teenage Plaintiff will never be able to work or care for himself, this lawsuit was filed on his behalf by his mother. In December…
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