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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There are car crash cases in which the occupants are injured more seriously because of defects in the car’s design or safety devices. For example, if a a seat back or seat belt anchor breaks in a low speed crash and fails to protect the driver, then there may be a potential case against the…
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In order to qualify for weekly wage loss benefits beyond the Virginia 500-week limit, a worker must lose two arms, two legs, two eyes, etc. in the same workplace accident. If a Virginia worker loses her arm in an on-the-job accident, and then loses her other arm months later doing the same job for the…
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How can we inspire the legal professionals of tomorrow? Virginia trial lawyer Doug Landau was not thinking about that when he responded to a notice just over two years ago from the Fairfax Bar Association (FBA) seeking an Attorney Volunteer to help students at a local middle school prepare for a competition on constitutional law.…
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It seems we were not the only ones to notice and comment on the recent NPR/ProPublica series on our nation’s workers’ comp system. Entitled “The Demolition of Workers’ Comp,” the NPR/ProPublica piece is an investigation into workers’ comp in the United States. It presents a scathing depiction of an inconsistent and difficult-to-navigate system once designed…
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