The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was passed to protect American workers from being abused by their employers. Often times, employees are forced to work “off-the-clock.” This occurs when managers and supervisors intimidate employees by claiming that there are plenty of unemployed individuals out there who want their job. (See our prior post as to…
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Recently, an experienced personal injury lawyer sent me the following, “We are settling a third-party tort claim in which there is a workers’ comp lien. I know that my client is responsible for paying back Temporary Total Disability (“TTD”) benefits, medical treatment, prescriptions and transportation costs. But is my client responsible for paying back the…
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WRONG ! Herndon car and bike crash lawyer Doug Landau wagers that we all know someone who has received a speeding or other traffic ticket, only to have it dismissed, reduced, or “beaten.” Just because the person who caused a crash got a ticket DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY mean they are “guilty” in the civil personal…
Continue readingWhen traveling to try cases, Florida, North Carolina and New Jersey car crash lawyer Doug Landau has rented cars from Enterprise. He was shocked to see that one of the nation’s leading rental car companies ordered thousands of cars without side impact airbags in an attempt to save millions of dollars. Then the rental car…
Continue readingNorman Landau had taught his son Doug that workers exposed to asbestos could get illnesses such as mesothelioma and asbestosis from the fibers that got into their bodies. The Senior Landau had won compensation for wives of asbestos workers who had lost their husbands to these diseases and who had contracted these diseases simply by…
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