The short answer is “yes,” you can collect medpay if you are injured at a store, office building or home. Medpay is short for “Medical Payments” insurance, which generally covers medical bills incurred, by someone legally on the property, who is hurt, up to the limit of the insurance. So, if a client slips, falls,…
Continue readingIn this day and age where the court reporters tape record (and may even videotape) a deposition, it seems that their transcripts will be extremely accurate. Furthermore, Court Reporters ask for spellings and corrections during the proceedings if they are unsure what they heard, wrote down or repeated into their recording devices. So, while the…
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It’s not because he talks slowly. When you first meet Herndon Reston area injury lawyer Doug Landau of the ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. law firm, you have to “listen quickly” ! The reason the first visit is scheduled for a long time, is because we try to learn as much as possible about our clients and…
Continue readingThe Virginia Workers Compensation Commission ruled this week that our client, a Barista who slipped and fell on wet mats her first week at work, did not refuse to have medically necessary surgery. While Doug Landau won her original claim, securing significant wage loss and medical benefits, because it had been so long before this…
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Doug Landau shown here at the hearing room where oral argument for Reviews (appeals) are heard by the Full Commission. After a workers comp claim is heard in Virginia by a Deputy Commissioner, BOTH sides have the right to ask for a “review.” A Review is an appeal to the Full Commission where 3 Commissioners…
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