Most injured workers believe if they are hurt on the job, it is covered by Workers’ Compensation. “That is simply not true in all cases”, according to Herndon Reston area lawyer Doug Landau. In Virginia, a worker not only has to be injured at a time and place that they’re expected to be for work…

IN A PERSONAL INJURY- CASE THE “WORKER’S COMP EXCLUSIVITY BAR” PREVENTS LAWSUITS AGAINST CO-WORKERS WHEN THE INJURY ‘AROSE OUT OF AND IN THE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT’”

January 10, 2008

Doug Landau

Sometimes being a “Super Lawyer” isn’t so super. Doug Landau has the unhappy task of advising potential clients that they cannot sue a co-worker, even for negligence, if the case comes about as the result of a work-related event. Likewise, the Herndon Trial Lawyer has also advised people that they have no worker comp claim…

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IN A PERSONAL INJURY- CASE THE “WORKER’S COMP EXCLUSIVITY BAR” PREVENTS LAWSUITS AGAINST CO-WORKERS WHEN THE INJURY ‘AROSE OUT OF AND IN THE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT’”

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