A part-time postal delivery worker and full-time bartender was attacked by a dog when delivering the U.S. Mail in March of 2014. Plaintiff, in her capacity as a U.S. Postal Carrier, was delivering a package to the Defendant’s home. The package would not fit in the mail box by the side of the road, so…
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It used to be the law in Virginia that an injured car crash victim could not accept a full insurance policy limits offer from the negligent defendant driver’s company without permission from her own motor vehicle carrier if she wanted to get additional benefits from her underinsured coverage. UnderInsured Motorist insurance is known as UIM,…
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Some lawyers sue for millions of dollars — even in small claims — just to get free publicity or make it sound like they have big cases. Under Virginia law, it may actually be better to put a slightly larger number on the lawsuit papers at the beginning of the case. Herndon Virginia injury lawyer Doug…
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Expert witnesses for the Federal Government are to be expected at Social Security Disability Hearings. However, when the Judge’s own hired professional agrees that the unemployed worker is “disabled,” chances are that a “Fully Favorable” opinion will be written by the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). In a Social Security case tried by Doug Landau in…
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When a worker leaves behind children of different mothers because of divorce, problems with marital status, or international citizenship, complex issues arise. This requires input from the most experienced workers’ compensation lawyer. Doug Landau has handled a number of cases involving surviving children born of different mothers, after born children (a child is born after…
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