Frequently, a Worker’s Compensation insurance company will hire a nurse case manager to get the treating doctor to release the employee back to work faster than the doctor might otherwise think prudent. Doctors are under pressure from these nurses and the insurance companies that pay their bills. Insurance companies are very good at delaying bills,…
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The Herndon office of Abrams Landau, Ltd. is smack dab in the middle of a lot of ongoing construction! Clients and co-counsel need to be aware that not only are the streets undergoing significant renovation, the sidewalks being completely redone, and the rainwater system reconfigured, but even the neighboring houses are being affected by the…
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Most lawyers charge hourly for their efforts. The best Wall Street lawyers from the top “silk stocking law firms” charge nearly one thousand dollars an hour or more ! And large corporations and insurance companies pay them a Retainer up front, or they do not even start working on the case ! Unfortunately most injured workers…
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The Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (“VWC”) is promoting its free mediation service. The VWC has a number of trained judges and other staff members who are able to serve as mediators, at no charge to the parties ! Where the employer, the injured worker, their legal counsel and the insurance company all agree to undertake…
Continue readingThere’s always something happening and it’s usually quite loud – at the Landau Law Shop! Pardon our dust but the Landau injury and disability law firm’s main building is undergoing construction. In addition to the painting and repair of gutters on the exterior of the over 100-year-old ABRAMS LANDAU building, interior painting has been completed…
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