The Virginia Workers Compensation Statute says the rehab personnel (as well as insurance adjusters) are entitled to “copies” of medical reports. “Copies” does not include verbal reports. It is Doug Landau’s position that they have no right to speak to the doctor, the nurses or the doctors’ staff. Yet the insurance company people try to…
Continue readingA 21-year-old college student who dreamed of becoming a teacher was in an accident with the Defendants’ truck. She claimed $2,400,000 in medical expenses and lost wages as well as traumatic brain injury. But pictures on her MySpace page showing her at parties after the accident told a different story to the jury. Her MySpace…
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Doug Landau and Michigan trial lawyer Jules Olsman teamed up to help a father and a daughter whose lives were devastated by a multi-vehicle crash caused by a teenaged driver in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Herndon Reston area injury lawyer was able to effect a settlement for the father, who suffered a broken leg and hip.…
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Shown with the Philadelphia skyline in the background, Doug and his wife are shown during a reception at the annual AAJ Convention. The Herndon Reston area injury and disability lawyer got to visit some of the sights in the evenings after most of the lectures and demonstrations had concluded. One particular highlight was the new,…
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The better question might be, “Do you really want a lawyer sitting at his/her desk 24/7 ?” It means that they do not try cases (and many lawyers NEVER GO TO COURT !). It means they are never in mediation or arbitration in “closed door” sessions with a retired judge. It means they never get…
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