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 Corporation put up BILLIONS of dollars to settle the products liability cases of thousands of women whose hearts…
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In Virginia, when you are injured by a drunk or impaired driver, you may recover not only for your actual losses, but you may also seek punitive damages. Actual damages are things like past and present medical bills, wage loss, property damage, etc. Punitive damages, sometimes called “exemplary damages,” are damages above and beyond, and…
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It does not matter where you live — city or boondocks — how old you are, how much vacation you have, or whether you have reliable transportation. Workers’ Compensation judges will assume there is a light duty job you can do if you’re not in a coma, bedridden, or confined in an institution or hospital.…
Continue readingThe National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI), which studies workers’ compensation and other benefits systems, last August reported that in 2012: workers’ compensation benefits rose by 1.3 percent to $61.9 billion employer costs rose by 6.9 percent to $83.2 billion. The uptick, NASI said, was due to increased employment. “This growth in workers’ compensation spending…
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Even before he started trying cases in 1984, Doug Landau was an active participant in the annual Law Day USA Proceedings. In the 1980s, then law student Landau gave an annual Law Day USA address for the American Bar Association (ABA) program in downtown Miami, Florida. When lawyer Landau returned to Northern Virginia, he continued…
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