The District of Columbia’s highest appellate court has ruled against a pair of disabled employees who sought to have their disability benefits continue beyond 500 weeks. The workers’ consolidated appeal was unsuccessful, as Senior Judge Newman wrote the affirmance of the Compensation Review Board’s (“CRB”) interpretation of the DC Statute in denying the two employee’s…
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For the past several years, Herndon attorney Doug Landau has been helping 8th graders at Rachel Carson Middle School (RCMS) prepare for the “We the People” contest in Constitutional Law. The young scholars from this public school located just down the road from the Abrams Landau Law Shop have taken the contest by storm at…
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In a decision received this month, a convention executive received an award of 21% permanency to her arm. The insurance company had sent this middle-age woman to a doctor of its choosing, and its orthopedic specialist found that she only had 3% permanent partial disability to her left upper extremity. This Abrams Landau, Ltd. client…
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Despite this morning’s crash, Doug Landau is on his way back to the DC Metropolitan area in order to help a disabled client win his case in court. Landau was heading back from the long, holiday weekend when his family’s hybrid 4-door car encountered black ice on the sloping curve near Connecticut. Despite his slow…
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Mediation often results in a settlement of a permanent injury or disability case. However, there are times where the parties cannot agree, and the case does not settle. Recently, Doug Landau was involved in a mediation on behalf of an out-of-state client with a Virginia case. The assigned mediator was a very experienced a jurist…
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