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Are You An Injured Worker in Pain? You May be Allowed to Change Doctors!
Changing doctors in your workers compensation case can be complicated. “Once an injured Virginia worker has established treatment with an authorized treating doctor, that physician gets to call the shots and have their opinions given great weight. If an injured worker then sees a different doctor without a referral or permission from the workers comp…
Continue readingCan a Worker Get Unlimited Compensable Consequences?
In a case handled by Herndon workplace injury lawyer Doug Landau, the prior post on “compensable consequences” is addressed in terms of “how far can you go?” In other words, can you get a compensable consequence of a compensable consequence of a compensable consequence under Virginia workers compensation law? FACTS: A Warrenton plumbing supervisor tried…
Continue readingRight Knee Injury Caused by Left Knee Injury: Compensable Consequence
What happens when one injury causes another injury? What if you hurt one side of your body and then something goes wrong on the other side? And what the heck is a “compensable consequence?” We all know what is meant when someone tells us that they have injured their left leg and they are “favoring…
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Litigants who go to Court WITHOUT lawyers lose more often, according to Virginia study
In over 35 years of legal practice, Herndon accident lawyer Doug Landau can only recall one case where the insurance company did not send at least one lawyer to represent their interests and to defeat the injured victim. The vast majority of litigants going through General District Court in Virginia are not represented by attorneys,…
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