The Virginia Workers Compensation law generally does not allow lawsuits between co-workers, and it definitely protects employers from any responsibility for workplace injury claims, except in the case of sexual assaults. However, Connecticut law allows lawsuits against coworkers for automobile related claims, and against the employer for willful and wanton misconduct, or where the negligence…
Continue readingThe legal profession appears to police its ranks regularly, and lawyers being disbarred, reprimanded and suspended are reported by the State Bar in every state Reston Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau holds membership. But what happens when an unethical lawyer steals client’s funds or fails to inform them of money that has arrived in settlement…
Continue readingEver wonder what was in the “weight loss” “muscle builder” or “super energy supplement” advertised in in many popular health, bodybuilding and sports magazines ? The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) warned the dietary supplement industry not to spike its products with steroids, prescription drugs or other prohibited substances According to news reports since 2007…
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Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU are told that they can be reimbursed for trips to the doctors, physical therapists, radiologists, for their on the job injuries. Our disabled workers compensation clients then want to know how they submit this “expense” for payment, because, unlike the medical expenses, their are no “bills” for trips they take…
Continue readingWhen I first started practicing law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, lawyers on both sides of the case got along and did not intentionally antagonize each other. Pleadings and defenses were based upon provable facts and reason. Things have changed. Many defense firms routinely engage in “scorched earth” tactics, waste whole forests of unnecessary paper…
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