Airline personnel are at risk for injury due to accidents on the Air Operations Area (“AOA”) at busy international airports. Nighttime flights, runway noise, and slippery winter conditions increase the risk of...
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Airport Ground Crew are Vulnerable on the Air Operations Area (AOA)
February 2, 2016
Airline ground crew and airport personnel are vulnerable on the air operations area (“AOA”) because of the numerous vehicles that are maneuvering — sometimes in very tight spaces. In addition, most of these...
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Company Assigned me a Free Nurse! That’s a Good Thing, Right?
October 12, 2015
Not necessarily, notes Loudoun County workers’ comp lawyer Doug Landau. The insurance company nurses are not assigned to your case to render treatment or therapy or administer medications. Instead, these nurses very often...
Does Being Illiterate Constitute Willful Violation of a Safety Rule in Workers’ Comp Cases?
October 7, 2015
Can a worker whose fingers or toes are amputated because he or she could not read a machine’s instructions get workers’ compensation benefits? In workers’ comp cases, employers or their insurance company can win on...
What do Insurance Companies Want to Know ?
September 21, 2015
HINT: The SAME THING as its Wall Street investors ! While preparing the first Fen-Phen diet drug cases for trial in the Circuit Court of Alexandria, Doug Landau was stunned to learn that when American Hope Products...