In light of grosing evidence of susceptibility to increased brain injury after initial head trauma, the Pentagon is instituting new protocols for soldiers who may have suffered from traumatic brain injury (“TBI”). Troops caught near a roadside blast or in related vehicle crashes will be pulled out of combat for 24 hours and checked for…
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Cumulative injury cases and Carpal Tunnel claims present difficulties in court because there is usually no sudden, identifiable accident that trial counsel can show the finder of fact. While the firm has been successful with repetitive trauma claims and carpal tunnel cases, Culpeper injury lawyer Doug Landau has also helped those disabled from sudden injury…
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Herndon Reston area injury lawyer Doug Landau is often asked, “What is a premises liability case ?” The author of several hundred pages of the best-selling Lexis Nexis 3 volume set, “Premises Liability: Practice and Procedure,” explains that when a building’s design, upkeep or use causes injury, the injured victim can bring a premises liability…
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The death of a young Luge athlete from Georgia and a U.S. snowboarder suffering a serious brain injury on the halfpipe during a December practice remind us of the risks inherent in Winter Olympic sports. While Ashburn accident lawyer Doug Landau notes that while winter sport injuries can be permanent, athletes do not normally have…
Continue readingJacob Buckett and his sister Isabelle, have been awarded $20 million as settlement in a personal injury suit brought against Burger King. The 12-year old boy and his sister were playing at a playground inside the restaurant, when Jacob fell injuring his lungs, and the parietal lobe and his left front lobe of his brain. …
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