First, just like Herndon Reston injury lawyer Doug Landau, Life Care Planners have to read the medical records. This is not easy. Not only do some doctors have handwriting that would be impossible for an FBI expert to decipher, but in a traumatic brain injury case, spinal cord injury or paralysis claim, these records are…
Continue readingLife care plans can be developed by a variety of health care professionals. At ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., we will engage the services of experts with medical backgrounds, especially in the long term care of patients with permanent disability, brain injury, mental handicap, spinal cord injury and paralysis. Registered nurses, legal nurse consultants and certified vocational…
Continue readingA life care plan is an organized, researched plan that estimates an injured or disabled person’s lifelong future medical needs and the associated future costs of those medical needs. At ABRAMS, LANDAU, Ltd. we generally get a grid showing all of the things our client will need from the doctors, pharmacies, hospitals, therapists, etc. Doug…
Continue readingAt ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., we will engage the services of experts to put together a “Life Care Plan.” This special report helps us to understand the future needs (and costs) of clients with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord paralysis and other catastrophic injuries and permanent disability. In the next several posts, we will look at…
Continue readingWhen one thinks of filing appeal briefs, the image of piles of paper comes to mind. However, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is now moving towards electronic filings and documents. Lauren Holtzman and I have received “electronic case filing” (“ECF”) training at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in…
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