Workers’ Compensation weekly payments under Virginia end after 500 weeks. It does not matter if these payments are for only partial wage loss, permanent impairment, or even amputation. However weekly payments from the workers’ compensation insurance company are paid, the 500-week limit is an artificial ceiling that really hurts younger, injured workers and the families…
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Always willing to learn things he never knew before, Doug Landau was invited to the Virginia Trial Lawyers “Advanced Workers Compensation Retreat.” The Herndon Reston area injury and disability lawyer traveled to Richmond to attend this exclusive meeting of experienced lawyers from all over the state. Topics included: Cross Examining the Orthopedic Physician, Discovery Issues,…
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Injured clients ask why there are microphones at comp hearings. The rooms are generally small, and everyone can hear each other just fine. The mikes are not to amplify the voices. Rather, the microphones are for recording the trial so that if later one party or the other wants to appeal, they can have a…
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Doug Landau shown here at the hearing room where oral argument for Reviews (appeals) are heard by the Full Commission. After a workers comp claim is heard in Virginia by a Deputy Commissioner, BOTH sides have the right to ask for a “review.” A Review is an appeal to the Full Commission where 3 Commissioners…
Continue readingIn workers compensation cases, even experienced lawyers make the mistake of not including perks (fringe benefits) in the calculation of the injured workers average weekly wage. Perks such as; housing, transportation, food, uniforms, etc. can, and often do have a very real value to the employee. In Virginia, such things as health, disability and life…
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