While the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission REQUIRES a valid address for injured workers in order to receive benefits, and failure to keep the Commission updated can lead to a termination of benefits, several clients each year fail to apprise the staff at ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. of their new addresses, phone numbers or medical status, saving…
Continue readingUnder Virginia law, undocumented workers are eligible for most, but not all benefits. What are they eligible to receive under the law ? Herndon/Reston Trial lawyer Doug Landau lists the following as some of the benefits such ABRAMS LANDAU clients are able to receive: 1. Temporary Total Disability (weekly wage loss) 2. Permanent Partial Disability…
Continue readingLarge verdicts in catastrophic cases do not always “stick.” While the popular press likes to report our big number trials, the public does not realize that these extraordinary results are often taken away from deserving Plaintiffs or hung up on appeals for years. The Connecticut Supreme Court has reversed a $41 million judgment for a…
Continue readingNot every accident is actionable. In other words, even where there are terrible injuries, not every accident should give rise to a lawsuit. Not every accident is someone else’s fault. If we investigate a brain injury claim and find that there is no provable liability. In other words, if, after reviewing the evidence, speaking with…
Continue reading‘Catch 22’: Price of doing well is more work elsewhere By Peter Vieth” from March 24, 2008 https://valawyersweekly.com/archive.cfm?recid=433388 Most Virginia Social Security disability claimants and their attorneys have avoided the long hearing delays that recently have plagued other areas of the country. Claimants in Northern Virginia, however, often wait a year or more for their…
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