The Postal Employee’s action for damages arose out of a dog attack that occurred as our client was in the course and scope of his employment for the U.S. Postal Service. Mr. Landau’s client was placing mail in the mailboxes, when he saw a woman approaching with a dog on a leash. It appeared that…
Continue readingWhen a mail carrier was attacked while delivering the mail in a Kearney, New Jersey neighborhood, he had no idea that he was not the first, or even the second person attacked and bitten by this large dog. He was the third! This injured mail carrier, like the police officer attacked by the dog on…
Continue readingA recent caller to ABRAMS LANDAU asked, ” Are attorney’s fees in workers comp claim 1/3 like in car accident and bike crash cases ?” The short answer is, “No” according to experienced Herndon workers compensation lawyer Doug Landau So, what are attorney fees in Virginia workers comp claims ? At Abrams Landau, Ltd., we…
Continue readingA Santa Rosa, California pedestrian who was badly injured and bitten by a bulldog has settled her lawsuit against the dog owner for $1 million. The dog bite victim will receive $900,000. As California Law allows for loss of consortium and family members’ claims of emotional distress and other damages, the woman’s husband and two…
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Allstate Sits on Documents Allegedly Tied to Profit Scheme Abrams Landau clients, especially those in the “Sunshine State,” might be interested to learn that Florida insurance regulators have ordered Allstate to stop selling new auto insurance policies in that state because the insurer has refused to turn over documents detailing how the company sets rates…
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