Why doesn’t the defendant get to present a medical expert at trial? The short answer is the insurance company’s defense lawyers are always allowed to have a medical expert examine an injured Plaintiff once the lawsuit has been filed. They can also have a doctor do what is called a “medical records review” to rebut…
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During the long hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, jury trials that the Abrams Landau injury law team had scheduled were continued, postponed, canceled and put in “limbo.” In the recent Virginia Lawyers Weekly newspaper, four Virginia Circuit Courts indicated that they would resume jury trials this month. These courts are located in Stafford, Henrico,…
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Do insurance company lawyers look on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. to find incriminating evidence to use against injured victims? You bet they do. While visiting lawyers in Georgia, attorney Doug Landau of Abrams Landau, Ltd. came across an article about a recent case where the plaintiff’s Facebook posts were introduced…
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One of the first things the Abrams Landau law team looks at when developing case strategy is to look at the “black letter law” applicable to the particular case. The Herndon, Virginia injury firm looks to see what evidence and testimony will be necessary to prove negligence in the car crash, unsafe product, trip and…
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Mr. Landau traveled to Ocean City, Maryland several times for depositions, court hearings and trial for an appeal of a Maryland Workers Compensation claim. His local counsel, Brian Lee, had handled the original hearing before the comp judge, but Landau was prepared to take the case to the jury. Critical to this preparation was his…
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