After Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords was wounded in a mass shooting that injured 12 people in January, doctors removed a portion of the left side of her skull to prevent her brain from swelling and to halt tissue damage. This month the doctors used a hard plastic implant to repair a hole in Rep. Gabrielle…
Continue readingTireless advocate for injured workers in the District of Columbia, Paulette Chapman, is running for DC Bar President. I have seen her teach, her work product and her excellent results and she would be an effective DC Bar President. She is an excellent trial lawyer with the DC office of Koonz, McKinney, Johnson & Lightfoot…
Continue readingOther lawyers will sometimes refer to weak cases or those without merit as “dog cases.” Previous posts have covered dog bites, animal attacks and even dog “knock down” injury cases. Unrelated posts have discussed the very serious consequences of premises liability cases where a slip and fall may have lead to back surgery, permanent disability…
Continue readingMust all accident cases be submitted to a jury for decision ? Are all accident cases expensive to try ? The short answer is “no.” While most of the injury cases filed by the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. are heard by judges and juries in the Virginia Circuit Courts or the Federal District…
Continue readingHaving just settled a case for a grocery store worker who lost two fingers to a motorized cutting blade at work, Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau has helped many workers injured due to the lack of protective guards on saws. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) estimates there are an average of about 10…
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