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“Permanent Total Disability” in Workers Compensation Does NOT Require the Loss of Both Legs, But the “Inability to Use Both Legs for Work”

Generally, in order to get wage loss benefits BEYOND the 500 week limit, a worker injured in the Commonwealth has to have lost 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 hands, 2 eyes, 2 feet, etc., in the same workplace accident. In a recent appeal to the Virginia Court of Appeals, an employer’s argument that the Virginia…

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Strict Liability for Employers that Fail to have Workers Comp Insurance

While Herndon Virginia workers’ compensation lawyer Doug Landau has previously written on the Workers’ Compensation system being a “no-fault statute,”  a recent case decision out of Roanoke City Circuit Court suggests there may be a strict liability component as well. In the case of Wade vs. Scott Recycling, the decision handed down on November 20,…

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