A rash of broken baseball bats in big-league ballgames has some crying foul about the safety of players, coaches and fans. In one case, a woman at a Los Angeles Dodgers game was struck in the face with a piece of a broken bat and suffered a broken jaw. At least one batmaker says some…
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In an earlier entry, I wrote about how we settled a case for a Radford area client after filing suit in his premises liability case in the Loudoun Circuit Court. In this entry, you’re never going to believe it, but I brought a check for over $25,000 to the workers comp defense counsel. That’s right, in…
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Despite the workers comp insurance company’s delay, Doug Landau was able to successfully settle a Radford area client’s slip and fall case for $117,300 after filing suit in the Loudoun County Circuit Court. FACTS: The Plaintiff had finished his morning’s work. He headed to the men’s bathroom before going on to lunch. He had no…
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This important concept explains both short and long term neurologic deficits in patients whose trauma did not produce either contusions, hemorrhages or lacerations sufficient to account for the deficits. Frequently, the latter lesions are minimal but the deficit is severe. Sometimes, notes Herndon Reston brain injury lawyer Doug Landau, there is a minimal laceration (cut)…
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When an injured victim of a crash is brought into an emergency room, x-rays are often ordered. However, Herndon Reston area brain injury lawyer Doug Landau notes that while such diagnostic testing, while good for showing broken bones and fractures, does not show many kinds of brain injury. For example, a cyclist or motorist injured…
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