When a Hearing decision is received or a Settlement Order comes by Special Delivery, ABRAMS LANDAU staffers are often asked “When will I get the money ?” The response is, “When the decision is final.” That is because the staff at the Herndon and Reston area injury law firm knows that the insurance defense lawyers…
Continue readingHerndon, Virginia Personal Injury, Brain Injury and Accident Attorney Doug Landau started his 2008 Multisport racing season in Richmond, Virginia at the U.S.National Duathlon Championships this month. The Herndon Reston area trial attorney brought several helmuts with him because entrants cannot participate without approved helmuts. In fact, cycling helmuts must be clipped on before a…
Continue readingWhile the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission REQUIRES a valid address for injured workers in order to receive benefits, and failure to keep the Commission updated can lead to a termination of benefits, several clients each year fail to apprise the staff at ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. of their new addresses, phone numbers or medical status, saving…
Continue readingUnder Virginia law, undocumented workers are eligible for most, but not all benefits. What are they eligible to receive under the law ? Herndon/Reston Trial lawyer Doug Landau lists the following as some of the benefits such ABRAMS LANDAU clients are able to receive: 1. Temporary Total Disability (weekly wage loss) 2. Permanent Partial Disability…
Continue readingLarge verdicts in catastrophic cases do not always “stick.” While the popular press likes to report our big number trials, the public does not realize that these extraordinary results are often taken away from deserving Plaintiffs or hung up on appeals for years. The Connecticut Supreme Court has reversed a $41 million judgment for a…
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