Unfortunately this does happen. Whenever your lawyer refuses to meet with you and/or will not return calls, e-mails, faxes, or letters over an extended period of time, it may be time to get a new lawyer. . Herndon lawyer Doug Landau recommends checking with the bar association of the state where the lawyer practices to…
Continue readingIt is not terribly uncommon for a single case to result in both a workers’ compensation claim AND a personal injury claim. Consider the following example: A Virginia delivery driver is injured in an auto accident while driving a company-owned vehicle, and the accident is not his fault. The injured man’s hospital and medical bills,…
Continue readingWho could have missed the recent inspirational story about the quadruple-amputee, 26-year-old war veteran Brendan Marrocco, who underwent successful double arm transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore? Marrocco was the first military veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to have survived the loss of four limbs. Although it is unlikely that…
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Members of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG) came from such diverse states as Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina and New York, among others, to attend the recent American Association for Justice (AAJ) winter convention in Miami, Florida. Some of the best workplace injury and disability lawyers…
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Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau wishes there was no such thing as a “distracted driver.” Doug has seen too many cases of injury — or even death — that are caused by a distracted driver. The busy Beltway traffic around Virginia and Maryland, longer commutes, advances in PDA and cell phone technology (and coverage) contribute…
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