Blacksburg “Beer Pong” game results in fight; Virginia Supreme Court finds insurance coverage for fractured skull injury

After finishing final exams at Virginia Tech, Adam Copp was celebrating and playing beer pong with one of his roommates at a Blacksburg apartment.  Two strangers joined the game and one of them, Carson Dugger, said something to offend Copp.  The young men then got into a shouting match that turned physical when Dugger’s friends…

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Be Prepared ! Despite flat tire, Landau runs his bike in National Championship race – barefoot !

The National Duathlon Festival was held this weekend in Richmond.  The United States Age Group Championship would not only determine who are the best Duathletes in the country, but who would make the World Championship team representing the USA in Scotland in this popular “RUN BIKE RUN” format event.  Herndon, Reston and Oakton area trial…

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Potential remedy for Center for Medicare Services (CMS) slow service that pays for itself !

The lawyers for injured victims have frequently reported that the Medicare Secondary Payer Act is riddled with inefficiency.  HR 4796, the Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act would correct this problem by requiring the Center for Medicare Services (CMS) to respond to requests for their lien amount within 60 days.  A “lien” is like an “IOU,”…

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Lack of warning lights and hazard equipment results in fatal tractor trailer crash; decedent had stopped in construction traffic on Interstate

In previous posts Florida and Virginia interstate highway accident lawyer Doug Landau had written about the importance of safety in and approaching roadway construction sites during this “National Work Zone Awareness Week.”  At ABRAMS LANDAU, we have represented drivers who have been injured at road improvement and interstate construction sites in personal injury cases and…

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