Can I change jobs if I am hurt at work? Workers compensation laws can get complicated, and downright dizzying when trying to follow the variations from state to state. This is one of those questions we are asked fairly regularly. The short answer is, yes, but it depends. If you are out of work with
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In an unpublished decision by the Virginia Court of Appeals, a worker was killed while driving a company van, to an appointment with a customer, but denied Worker’s Compensation benefits. The appellate court ruled that counsel for the deceased worker, “failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that his injuries arose from an
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Prior to the COVID pandemic, permanently injured and disabled clients of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., were given reasonable estimates as to how long the case would take. Doug Landau did not shy away from answering the three difficult questions: How hard (will it be to win)? How long (will the case take)? and, How much (is
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According to Herndon and Loudoun County Worker’s Compensation lawyer Doug Landau, the insurance company may be required to provide transportation. This is true when the doctors who are treating the injured worker indicate that she is not able to drive at all. Lawyer Landau has had cases where the insurance company paid for: cab fare,
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In this uncertain time of the pandemic, a number of Americans have lost their lives and become disabled due to COVID-19. A Sterling, Virginia family contacted Abrams Landau law after being denied Social Security Disability benefits last year. Attorney Doug Landau reviewed the evidence, and noted that this working man had been in the hospital
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