Unlike other states, the Virginia Workers Compensation law does not include Awards for permanent injury to every part of an injured worker’s body. An employee hurt on the job in a compensable accident can get a permanency Award for a permanent injury to the thumb. The doctor may give a large rating to the thumb…
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This afternoon Doug Landau once again helped out a partner at the Reston Virginia law firm of Dain, Walker, Sobhani & Nicoli with questions about one of their personal injury cases. The ABRAMS LANDAU trial lawyer is regularly called by experienced lawyers from all over Northern Virginia to assist them and their disabled clients. Landau…
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If you are injured on the job or seeking Social Security Disability, and you get a NOTICE FROM THE GOVERNMENT – FOLLOW THE SIGNS ! Don’t be a “Dodo bird,” but be like the Albatross, shown here. Follow the instructions and take care to pay careful attention to the time deadlines on official notifications. Failure…
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Stairway falls, unlike those on level surfaces, have resulted in multiple injuries to clients, as there is traumatic impact every time they hit another step, railing or the landing. In the adult population, falls down stairs may result in serious injuries, particularly head trauma. In a study published in the Journal Emergency Medicine the investigators…
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Workers Compensation and Social Security Legal Assistant Dianna Meredith of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., received a call of thanks today from a Workers Compensation client whose Virginia comp claim had been successfully settled for a lump sum of $150,000 almost a year ago. This West Virginia man was pleased to report that his Social Security Disability…
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