Corporations will hire private investigators after you are injured on the job. Insurance Companies and Employers do this routinely in order to gather information that they hope will help them reduce or eliminate their exposure to pay for benefits under the state workers compensation laws. They claim they do this to verify that your claim…
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Does the Virginia Workers Comp lien consist of reimbursement in full ? If there is a requirement for a reduction, is it reduced by a specific percentage pursuant to statute ? The short answer is “no.” Some think that there is an automatic 1/3 reduction, just like others think that a fair settlement in a…
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When meeting new clients who have been injured in a slip and fall case at a market, Herndon Virginia injury lawyer often asks, “Brown leaf or green leaf ?” He does this not as an ice-breaker, but because the color can be an indicator of how long the leaf of lettuce may have been on…
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At Herndon Elementary School every sixth grader got a free bicycle helmet this morning. Over one hundred students were custom-fitted by members of both the Town of Herndon Police AND the Fairfax County Police. The children learned about bicycle safety, Virginia bike laws and brain injury prevention from law enforcement and legal professionals. Doug Landau…
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There are bike messengers, motorcycle delivery and courier car services, but Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau took “hand carried” to a new level this week. Anxious to finalize a workers compensation settlement for a client, lawyer Landau drove to Washington, D.C. to hand deliver the paperwork to insurance defense counsel after the injured worker had…
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