Keeping your distance from overhead power lines can turn out to be a matter of life and death, warns electrocution and electrification injury lawyer Doug Landau. Overhead power lines are “live” and uninsulated. Inadvertent contact with an overhead power line can cause a serious permanent or even fatal injuries. Landau has represented families who have…
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One of the important advantages Virginia dog injury lawyer Doug Landau has over other lawyers is that he attends national and international meetings of top trial lawyers to learn the latest methods, teach and share strategies. Most so-called personal injury lawyers are too cheap to attend and unwilling to pen their minds up to new…
Continue readingAccording to homeowners who have retained my friend Ervin Gonzalez, Chinese-made drywall is ruining their homes. Gonzalez has filed a class action lawsuit on their behalf. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) officials are looking into claims that Chinese-made drywall installed in some Florida homes is emitting smelly, corrosive gases and ruining household systems such as…
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Recently, an experienced personal injury lawyer sent me the following, “We are settling a third-party tort claim in which there is a workers’ comp lien. I know that my client is responsible for paying back Temporary Total Disability (“TTD”) benefits, medical treatment, prescriptions and transportation costs. But is my client responsible for paying back the…
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WRONG ! Herndon car and bike crash lawyer Doug Landau wagers that we all know someone who has received a speeding or other traffic ticket, only to have it dismissed, reduced, or “beaten.” Just because the person who caused a crash got a ticket DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY mean they are “guilty” in the civil personal…
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