In another report of a swimming pool grate trapping a child, the Chicago Tribune reported that a lawsuit filed was filed by a father on behalf of a child that alleges Union City’s negligence caused his son to become trapped by a swimming pool grate at the bottom of the city swimming pool. As a…
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A spate of fatal bike crashes has recently been reported just as our law firm gears up for our Federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals arguments in our catastrophic accident case. Last year, deaths on the highway fell in almost every category except accidents involving motorcycles. “With the traffic being what it is in this…
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Northern Virginia Police are unsure why pedestrian fatalities have nearly tripled from last year. There have been 10 pedestrian fatalities so far this year across Fairfax County. In 2008, there were a total of four pedestrian deaths in Fairfax County; in just the first eight months of 2009, there have been 10. This month two…
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The “Offer of judgment” can be an effective tool in those jurisdictions where it is permitted. An offer of judgment is a settlement offer by one party to allow a specified judgment to be taken against it. It is one of the strategies used by Leesburg and Fairfax lawyer Doug Landau for dealing with delays…
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While living in Florida, Doug Landau was twice the Annual Law Day USA speaker in Downtown Miami. Since returning to Virginia in 1985, Landau has frequently celebrated Law Day with his friend Ed Weiner in Fairfax. The Weiner law firm has an annual “Weiner Roast,” (no, I do not make this up !) each May,…
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