Almost every single case involving serious injury, permanent disability or significant wage loss is confronted by an insurance company lawyer demanding an “Independent Medical Examination.” The exam is usually not independent. It is not for treatment, so the “medical” part of the phrase is intellectually dishonest. And as for an “examination,” it’s often more of…
Continue readingThis was the crux of a notice Loudoun, Fairfax and Leesburg brain injury lawyer Doug Landau received in Charlottesville. The Stroke Association wants people to know that strokes are the #3 killer in this country, yet many people don’t even know what they are. They don’t know that more of the brain can be saved…
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Jurors heard arguments in a lawsuit over an Ohio amusement park roller coaster that has been blamed for dozens of injuries, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. In the lawsuit, Jennifer Wright claims structural problems with the Son of Beast roller coaster caused injuries to her hip that will require several surgeries throughout her life. Kings Island…
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A spate of fatal bike crashes has recently been reported just as our law firm gears up for our Federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals arguments in our catastrophic accident case. Last year, deaths on the highway fell in almost every category except accidents involving motorcycles. “With the traffic being what it is in this…
Continue readingThe 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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