On May 31, 2011 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that steps were taken toward making it easier to enroll in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP). In 18 states the premiums could drop up to 40% and eligibility will be less stringent in 23 of the states plus Washington DC. PCIP
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Car and bike crash injury lawyer Doug Landau warns: Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security by a green gecko or Neanderthal. Who can resist an adorable lizard with a Cockney accent, or a cave man and his quest to be accepted into modern-man’s world? We all laugh as the jokes in these
Continue readingOur Herndon Reston area injury law firm was recently contacted by Maryland attorneys regarding a client who was seriously injured when an aftermarket bike stem snapped. The stem likely snapped due to negligent installation, a manufacturing or design defect, or some combination of these factors. The attorneys for the injured bicycle rider were looking for
Continue readingIn many slip and fall cases, car and motorcycle crashes and boating accidents, weather is a factor. At ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., we often need to determine the weather conditions at, and just prior to, the time of the accident. For example, in slip and fall cases, if it is still snowing, raining or hailing, it
Continue readingThe Virginia Tech Locomotion Research Laboratory is investigating the relationship between aging and falling, the second leading cause of death for those aged 45-75. .“If our research can save even one life, it will all be worthwhile,” said Thurmon Lockhart, an associate professor in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering,
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