When there has been a worksite injury, the fact that the conditions are frequently dangerous does not help your workers’ compensation claim. In a case, successfully handled by the ABRAMS LANDAU injury team, the injured worker fell off a roof, shattering both ankles. The Workers Comp Insurance Company denied the claim, alleging that the…
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As the pandemic nears its end, people have become accustomed to fewer cars on the road. However, a major concern remains that many drivers are driving too fast. . Insurance companies often declare a car “totaled” when repair costs exceed the vehicle’s value. Currently, car insurance rates are on the rise. Additionally, shipment costs for…
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Frequently, a Worker’s Compensation insurance company will hire a nurse case manager to get the treating doctor to release the employee back to work faster than the doctor might otherwise think prudent. Doctors are under pressure from these nurses and the insurance companies that pay their bills. Insurance companies are very good at delaying bills,…
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Insurance companies are in the business of “Risk Management.” If they can contain how much they might have to pay, then they get to keep most, or in some cases, all of the premiums they collected from a particular unsafe driver, company, family, and even the victims of a crash. In cases where the insurance…
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A lawsuit filed by a teacher who was shot by her six-year-old student has brought to the national conversation the limitations of Virginia’s Worker’s Compensation Law. The Newport News instructor is suing the public school system, as this first-grade teacher was hospitalized for two weeks, and endured several surgeries after a bullet struck her hand…
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