Having recently seen the excellent movie “American Sniper,” Herndon disability lawyer Doug Landau was reminded of his federal case for another American sniper. In the Virginia veteran’s case, Landau’s young client had been trained by the military to be deadly in shooting at targets at a range of several hundred yards. This young man proved…
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National Public Radio (NPR) has published a thorough and revealing article on our workers’ compensation (WC) system. (Click here to listen to the audio.) The article starts with a concise summary of the history of workers’ comp in the United States. WC began in the early 1900’s, as industrialization put workers at an increased risk…
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Where a company driver was struck by another motorist and injured in the line of duty, medical care for the injuries may be the responsibility of the driver’s employer under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act. This is generally true for all treatment that is “reasonable” and “related” to the on-the-job car crash. However, in a…
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Having traveled up and down Interstate 81 to get to Roanoke, Blacksburg and Smith Mountain Lake, highway accident lawyer Doug Landau has seen trucks barreling unsafely down the road at all hours. This main traveling artery is a major truck route through the North-South corridor. It avoids the traffic snarls of I-95 along the east…
Continue readingOnce upon a time, background checks were handled by humans who actually researched the person whose background was of some interest. Today, however, the background check process had become largely automated. And not only is the process automated, it is frequently outsourced to vendors who, in turn, use automation to perform the research. This shift…
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