It seems so obvious. You have been in a car accident. Your car is smashed, totaled, wrecked, busted. In addition to seeking prompt medical care, gathering evidence is important in the time after a car crash. Most people know to take pictures of their injuries, the scene of the accident and their car, truck, motorcycle…
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Yes. Private contracts can shorten the time for claims or put requirements that can cause problems later on if you are not careful and do not seek immediate legal assistance from an experienced injury lawyer. For example in Holland America cruise line cases we are advised that the ticket provides that there must be a…
Continue readingIn a word, “no.” For an injured worker to get a “Permanency Award,” there should be no painful medical testing, as the physicians observe and measure the scar sites. The doctors do not usually put the patient through range of motion or sensation testing when determinations about the extent of scarring are concerned. To get…
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Unlike other states, the Virginia Workers Compensation law does not include Awards for permanent injury to every part of an injured worker’s body. An employee hurt on the job in a compensable accident can get a permanency Award for a permanent injury to the thumb. The doctor may give a large rating to the thumb…
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The Virginia law firm of ABRAMS LANDAU has won cases for scarring in states that allow Awards for “severe marked disfigurement.” In order to win, Doug Landau proves to the Workers Compensation judge three key elements. Landau demonstrates that the scarring is: (1) permanent; (2) marked, unsightly, severe; and (3) is directly related to the…
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