Earlier this year, R. Ferrell Newman was reappointed as Commissioner of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWC). As an insurance defense lawyer, Doug Landau had tried many workplace injury cases against Richmond lawyer Newman. Landau had always found this attorney to be smart, well-prepared and a straight shooter. Newman’s six-year term was effective February, 2016. …
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An injured plaintiff may be awarded a structured settlement for personal injuries or sickness suffered due to no fault of his or her own. Structured settlements are periodic payments designed to protect at-risk victims from spending all of the award money at once. It is not uncommon for purchasing companies to prey on disabled and/or…
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One of the few issues upon which there is agreement before a workers’ comp Hearing is the Average Weekly Wage (“AWW”). Even in cases where every single other issue is in dispute, the earnings records of a disabled employee usually are not in controversy, according to Sterling and Herndon Virginia workers comp lawyer Doug Landau. …
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While Ashburn and Broad Run area workers comp lawyer Doug Landau files his own letters to institute a claim for a disabled clients, many unrepresented workers file the forms provided by the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission without the assistance of legal counsel. Although Landau includes more information than the small space on government forms allow,…
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For the past several years, Herndon attorney Doug Landau has been helping 8th graders at Rachel Carson Middle School (RCMS) prepare for the “We the People” contest in Constitutional Law. The young scholars from this public school located just down the road from the Abrams Landau Law Shop have taken the contest by storm at…
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