Last year, Herndon Virginia lawyer Doug Landau answered a plea for a volunteer to help 8th graders from his local middle school prepare for a competition on Constitutional Law. Doug went weekly to Rachel Carson Middle School (RCMS) to teach and prepare the students for the We the People competition. The team fared very well,…
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Do you ever wonder who researches collisions and where that research happens? At Abrams Landau, Ltd. we think a lot about safety — workplace safety, roadway safety, sports safety, airport and aircraft safety, etc. That’s why we were excited to learn about the opening of the Center for Collision Safety and Analysis (CSSA) last year…
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In a recent case, a worker at a paper mill was injured in the course of his employment at the mill. In light of evidence presented which established the unusual height of a step from a platform, the Court of Appeals affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Commission decision awarding benefits. The trial judge, called a deputy…
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Most lawyers charge hourly for their efforts. The best Wall Street lawyers from the top “silk stocking law firms” charge nearly one thousand dollars an hour or more ! And large corporations and insurance companies pay them a Retainer up front, or they do not even start working on the case ! Unfortunately most injured workers…
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“Just because you are injured at work does not mean that your workplace accident will be covered by your employer’s Workers’ Comp insurance,” notes Doug Landau of the Herndon Law firm Abrams Landau, Ltd. The Commonwealth of Virginia adheres to the actual risk test to determine whether or not an injury arises out of…
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