The top Virginia plaintiffs’ brain injury attorneys were invited to compare notes, learn the latest medical testing and treatment techniques and participate in this sold out continuing legal education program. Herndon Reston area brain injury lawyer Doug Landau of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. attended this conference with his friends, co-counsel and physicians in Richmond. Doug Landau…
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Seeking a “side-by-side” comparison of several of our local legislators, I attended the Legislative Forum hosted by the Virginia Medical Society, Prince William, Alexandria and Fairfax Bar Associations. The Candidates spoke on several important topics including Immigration, Transportation, Healthcare Funding and Working Across Party Lines. Examiner Staff Writer Bill Myers was Moderator. The candidates who spoke were, from the Virginia House of…
Continue readingThe Workers’ Compensation Act (§ 65.2-603) provides that, if medically necessary, the employer may be required to furnish durable medical equipment and modification of the employee’s home for handicap accessibility up to $25,000. A former employee of DRS-DDS (the Department of Rehabilitation Services and the Department of Disability Services) sustained an injury to her lumbar…
Continue readingAlthough the plaintiff walked away from a fender-bender automobile accident with relatively minor injuries and no apparent head trauma, his family knew in the months following the crash that something was wrong. When the family’s attorneys took what they thought was a relatively simple case and started talking to doctors, they discovered the matter was…
Continue readingThe Virginia Workers Compensation Statute says the rehab personnel (as well as insurance adjusters) are entitled to “copies” of medical reports. “Copies” does not include verbal reports. It is Doug Landau’s position that they have no right to speak to the doctor, the nurses or the doctors’ staff. Yet the insurance company people try to…
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