ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. recently won a Social Security Disability Income case for a client whose 500 weeks of workers compensation benefits had been paid and whose wage loss file had been closed by the insurance company and the government. Scheduled to appear before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) in Baltimore, Maryland, our young client had…
Continue readingVirginia’s injured workers are being short-changed every day. The reason is that their compensation rates are being miscalculated or determined with incomplete information. Workers compensation wage loss benefit (and permanent injury) rates are supposed to be based upon what the employee got pre-injury. Instead, Virginia workers are being short-changed on the front end (the calculation…
Continue readingMany of my clients are worried about having surgery on their neck or back. Much of the anxiety is caused by not knowing what exactly will happen. Doctors are not always able to show patients what they intend to do, and they are often busy, with limited time for questions by family members. Unlike Mr.…
Continue readingAt a recent medico-legal program, Doug Landau participated in the discussion of back and neck pain after an accident. When there is a herniated disc that presses on the spinal cord or nerve root, one can actually see the anatomical cause of the pain on an MRI. When the disc material or fragment that has…
Continue readingAfter winning a client’s case before the Maryland Workers Compensation Commission, Virginia trial lawyer Doug Landau was able to successfully settle the case on the eve of trial at the Circuit Court of Worcester County. This was the third time Landau had represented this client ! They originally met when this construction worker watched a…
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