If an accident victim, who is not employed because they are caring for their children full time, be reimbursed for more than just their medical bills? When visiting friends after court in Alexandria, Virginia last month, car accident attorney Doug Landau was asked to drop by and help answer questions about some complex cases from…
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What is the collateral source rule? Under Virginia law, the collateral source rule means that at trial, the insurance defense lawyers cannot talk about the fact that an injured victim’s medical bills, wage loss, or medications may have been paid for by someone else. For example, in a car crash case, if the plaintiff’s medical…
Continue readingOne of the reasons the personal injury team at ABRAMS LANDAU asks about clients’ Bankruptcy is because this is something that insurance defense lawyers will use against them. Experienced accident lawyers have seen cases dismissed where the innocent plaintiff failed to tell the Federal Bankruptcy Court about their potential or pending negligence claim. This potential…
Continue readingOn December 21st, the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission ordered Zurich American Insurance Company to pay Tidewater Orthopaedic Associates the full amount of their bills for the treatment of Doug Landau’s West Virginia clients. The orthopedic doctors’ charges totaled $10,071.78. The insurance company only offered to pay a fraction of the cost of treating Mr. Landau’s…
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