It’s gotten harder, but the short answer, according to Herndon Reston workplace injury lawyer Doug Landau is “yes.” Two 2010 cases made it look like a partial disabled worker would always lose on the issue of marketing unless they were “pounding pavement” every single day. In the 2010 Ruffin case, the Full Virginia Workers Comp…
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Policing the Interstate highways from unsafe common carriers should be one of the priorities of the national law enforcement agencies. When a bus company has a pattern of unsafe practices and a history of accidents, the Federal Government should protect the public and shut the transportation motor carrier down until the safety violations are corrected.…
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A discount bus line was shut down for safety violations after a fatal Virginia crash. SkyExpress, a discount bus service, was shut down by federal regulators after a crash in Virginia that killed four people and sent more than 50 others to hospitals. As the DC area is a hub for many cut-rate bus services,…
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With all the advertising the insurance companies do complaining about “Lawsuit Abuse” and “Frivolous Lawsuits,” it is shocking to see how often insurance defense lawyers use frivolous defenses to waste the time and resources of the injured victims, the courts and the taxpayers who end up paying for these corporations strategy of “deny, delay and…
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The Social Security Administration has released the new numbers for 2012. The Federal Government’s disability program has increased the amounts necessary for work determinations, the payments for Supplemental Income and the maximum taxable earnings. Earnings of less than $12,120 per year may not be viewed as “substantial” such that a wage earner would be deemed…
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