Depositions are where lawyers ask witnesses or parties to a lawsuit questions, under oath, for use in pre-trial discovery or for later use at trial. They are important to get the injured plaintiff’s story, so they cannot change it later, or make the negligent defendant driver explain why he did not follow the rules and…
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Clients and counsel have often asked me, “What’s in the small building you own next door ?” When the main building (known in the past as “Powell’s boarding house”) was purchased by Mr. Barron, it was uninhabitable. So he built the smaller structure to live in until the house at 865 Station Street (our original…
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After Doug Landau donated coloring books to the “Bike 2 Work” festival, the Smith Mountain Lake Triathlon and the Giant Acorn festival in Bumpass, Spotsylvania, Virginia, he brought these bicycle safety booklets for kids to the Herndon Depot Museum. Next time you visit us at ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., please visit the Depot Museum. A train…
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Good witnesses can methodically recall what happened before, during and after an impact through the use of all of their 5 senses. These observers can not only recollect what they saw before and after a car crash, but they can also relate what they: smelled (gasoline on the pavement, leaking transmission fluids, burning rubber from…
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Almost every single case involving serious injury, permanent disability or significant wage loss is confronted by an insurance company lawyer demanding an “Independent Medical Examination.” The exam is usually not independent. It is not for treatment, so the “medical” part of the phrase is intellectually dishonest. And as for an “examination,” it’s often more of…
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