Several ABRAMS LANDAU clients have asked why it takes so long to get a date for the Hearing in their Virginia Workers Compensation claims. Workplace injury lawyer Doug Landau is aware that since the conversion to a “paperless system,” the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (“VWC”) has had technical issues and everybody involved in helping injured…
Continue readingWhile Interstate car and truck crash injury lawyer Doug Landau would have guessed that there would be fewer crashes from “hands free” cell phone operation, the numbers his mother sent him from New Jersey suggest that may not necessarily be so. Landau grew up in Bergan County and has tried cases in Hudson County, so…
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After his bike accident with the steel expansion joints on the Lee Bridge in Richmond, Doug Landau noted with interest the recent case of a Connecticut woman who was injured when she struck a steel grate while cycling. The Hartford Metropolitan District Commission(“MDC”) has been ordered by a Connecticut jury to pay $2.9 million to…
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Teaming up with another outstanding defense attorney enabled Herndon and South Riding area injury lawyer Doug Landau to show lawyers from South West Virginia how to maximize recovery for their disabled clients. Roanoke defense lawyer David Carson of Johnson, Ayers & Matthews the view from the insurance company perspective in a “Point Counterpoint” presentation. The…
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It appears that in the next few years, cars will be equipped with black boxes, much like in airplanes, that can record data during a crash. The debate now, between Congress and safety groups, is how much and what type of data these boxes should record. Lawmakers and automakers are struggling to agree on how…
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