Michelle Thyen, the Directer of Community and Volunteer Engagement of Brain Injury Services, recently stopped by the Abrams Landau office and we are eager to share the good work and mission of Brain Injury Services. Brain Injury Services has been active since 1989 and was awarded the title of “Nonprofit of the Year” by the Fairfax…
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The City of Norfolk Virginia settled with the mother of a teenager who suffered permanent brain damage after being struck by a city truck for $7,500,000 one week prior to trial. Because the teenage Plaintiff will never be able to work or care for himself, this lawsuit was filed on his behalf by his mother. In December…
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My lawyer helped me file my claim and we won! But what do I actually receive? Social Security Disability and personal injury lawyer Doug Landau hears this question all the time. He knows that the official legal jargon can be difficult to decipher, so he has given us an example of a case that was recently…
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Anyone who rides the W&OD Trail West past Route 28 and Dulles Airport, knows the intersection at Belmont Ridge Road (Route 659, near Ashburn, as pointed out by alert reader Alan Muchnik), with trucks barreling down in both directions, is the place where you would expect to see a serious bike injury. My own wife,…
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According to the “Brain Attack” website, studies with animals have shown that brain injury occurs within minutes of a brain attack and can become irreversible within as little as an hour. In humans, brain damage begins from the moment the stroke starts and often continues for days afterward. Scientists now know that there is a…
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