Mediation in Virginia on the job injury cases is a VOLUNTARY process. The insurance company and defense lawyers cannot force an injured work or their family to submit to Mediation. Likewise, as much as we may want to in a particular case, we cannot force the insurer or their hired guns to agree to mediate…
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Mediation of workplace accident cases has long been a “win-win” proposition. This form of “Atlernative Dispute Resolution” was offered free of charge and recommended for all kinds of disputes, from medical payment, to vocational rehabilitation to rules and procedures. The Virginia Lawyers Weekly October 18, 1999 headline read, “Mediating Workers’ Comp Claims – Commission promotes…
Continue readingGetting a settlement in a permanent injury workers compensation case in Virginia can be very difficult. There is no law that says that the workers comp insurance company EVER has to settle with the injured worker or their family, even if the claimant is permanently disabled. This is true even if the disabled worker is…
Continue readingBecause they are so hard to win, many so-called “personal injury” law firms do not handle, and certainly do not go to court and try “slip and fall” or “trip and fall” cases. In these “premises liability claims, the injured victim must show “Notice” in the Commonwealth of Virginia. I am reminded of a particular…
Continue readingIn keeping with our promise to enable injured workers and accident victims to “SEE US IN ACTION,” upcoming trials, cases, races and programs are set forth below. You will not see this from any of the pusillanimous advertising lawyer. In fact, we know of no other plaintiff’s personal injury law firm that has the courage…
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