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The “Rules of the Road” may not apply to your Airport injury case; Leesburg and Fairfax Injury lawyer Doug Landau explains why the cops cannot cross over onto the Airport Authority’s turf

Leesburg and Herndon airport injury lawyer Doug Landau has been asked why there is no Loudoun or Fairfax County Police Accident Report by clients in motor vehicle accidents at Dulles International Airport (“IAD”). Clients injured on BOTH sides of the Terminal have difficulty explaining why the local Loudoun and Fairfax County cops cannot cross over…

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Simon Walton, former managing partner at Robin Thompson & Partners, Solicitors, remembered by friend, former employee and fan Doug Landau

It was with great sadness that I read about the untimely demise of my friend Simon Walton. He was 66 years old and, like my father Norman Landau, had succumbed to cancer. I met Simon through the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (“ATLA”), now the Association for Justice (“AAJ“). I had been working for…

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State Supreme Court rules on workers comp fund; Disabled workers will now have to pay for some of their medical care after on the job accidents or chemical exposure !

In a troubling development, Leesburg and Herndon injury and disability lawyer Doug Landau notes the Utah Supreme Court has ruled that paying for medical costs for injuries or illnesses associated with a job now will only be paid in proportion to the amount directly connected to the job. As is the case in Virginia, Maryland…

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Virginia adopts law banning text messaging while driving; distracted driving accounts for approximately 80 percent of traffic accidents

Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine signed into law this week a ban on text messaging while driving.  This new law will take effect July 1st.  It is a secondary offense, which means that the police must spot a more serious violation in order to pull a driver over.  This law means that Virginia joins a growing…

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Employer’s Insurance Company cannot simply fail to pay an injured worker without first filing a Hearing Application, even if it believes it has overpaid !

The ABRAMS LANDAU trial team went to Richmond on behalf of a disabled client who was underpaid by the workers compensation insurance company. In a decision handed down this month in this multi-state plane crash case, the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission judge ruled that: An employer is not allowed to unilaterally stop payment of compensation…

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