The Virginia Court of Appeals reviewed conflicting case law to decide whether a layoff would qualify an injured courthouse employee to workers compensation wage loss benefits. The facts of the case are that the claimant, who worked in a light-duty capacity on a courthouse custodial staff after a work-related injury, was laid off because her…
Continue readingCan I get a permanency rating before I get my hip, knee or shoulder replacement? The short answer is “yes.” Experienced workers compensation lawyer Doug Landau notes that if an injured worker had a leg amputation, even with a prosthetic device, they still have had a 100% loss of the limb. Therefore, they should get…
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Under the sign for the hamburger venue Smashburger at Reagan National Airport (DCA), airport injury attorney Doug Landau observed a number of: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) cars, airline luggage tugs, fuel trucks, passenger transport mini buses, ramp vehicles and electric maintenance Cushman carts zipping around the “Air Operations Area” (AOA). The Air Operations Area…
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Unlike a car crash or other accidental injury case, Virginia Workers’ Compensation cases have no absolute settlement date. In other words, a workers’ compensation case in Virginia and Washington, D.C. can go on for years and even decades. At the Abrams Landau law office, we have some files that are nearing three decades old for…
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The Abrams Landau law team is always determined to try our best to help our clients. We believe that one of the key ways of doing so is by being as educated and up-to-date with the law and the best practices for serving clients in our practice areas. Therefore, we make sure that our attorney…
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