The Florida Bar News reported in “News and Notes” December 15th, 2010 the fact that Doug Landau presented “Creative Ways to Increase Settlement and Get it Sooner Rather Than Later” at the Virginia trial lawyers (“VTLA“) Tort Law Seminars all over the Commonwealth of Virginia, teaching lawyers in Roanoke, Richmond, Virginia Beach and Fairfax. The…
Continue readingWhen I first started practicing law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, lawyers on both sides of the case got along and did not intentionally antagonize each other. Pleadings and defenses were based upon provable facts and reason. Things have changed. Many defense firms routinely engage in “scorched earth” tactics, waste whole forests of unnecessary paper…
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In Virginia car crash cases, insurance defense lawyers will admit that their insured may have been careless, but they will allege that the injured plaintiff was also not being careful. Automobile insurance companies attempt to shift the blame and not accept responsibility for the damages caused by their insured motorists. In Virginia, this “contributory negligence”…
Continue readingEven where an injured worker has settled his or her claim with a structure that pays money annually for medical care for the on the job accident, the Federal Government can still come in and help if the funds fall short, as discussed in yesterday’s post on lump sum settlements. The Center for Medicare and…
Continue readingAdding “insult to injury,” some drivers who cause car wrecks leave the scene of the accident or “forget” to call their automobile insurer afterwards. What happens when the person who causes a car crash does not report the accident to her insurance company ? The Landau Law Shop was recently apprised of a motor vehicle…
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