When a personal injury case settles, the Insurance Company wants a Release to be signed before the check is cashed so that they (and their insureds) will not get sued again on the same claim. When a case is filed in Court, and a settlement reached or verdict in favor of the injured plaintiff returned,…
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Here’s a first. A closed head auto injury case client represented by another member of AAJ was once incarcerated in Connecticut. He was a former inmate of the Conn Department of Corrections and was involved in an accident in Florida. The State of Connecticut now asserts a “lien” (like an “I.O.U.”) for all costs of…
Continue readingYes, possibly. The first step in any workers compensation claim is to determine if you were injured “in the course and scope of employment.” If you were injured on the job, the next step is to figure out how much your employer paid you every week. Because many undocumented workers are paid “under the table,”…
Continue readingYes, possibly. Although some day laborers may be unauthorized to work in the United States, in the event of a work related accident “arising out of and in the course and scope of employment,” an undocumented day laborer may collect workers’ compensation benefits. In other words, the fact that the worker is in the United…
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Doug Landau and Michigan trial lawyer Jules Olsman teamed up to help a father and a daughter whose lives were devastated by a multi-vehicle crash caused by a teenaged driver in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Herndon Reston area injury lawyer was able to effect a settlement for the father, who suffered a broken leg and hip.…
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