Under Virginia law, undocumented workers are eligible for most, but not all benefits. What are they eligible to receive under the law ? Herndon/Reston Trial lawyer Doug Landau lists the following as some of the benefits such ABRAMS LANDAU clients are able to receive: 1. Temporary Total Disability (weekly wage loss) 2. Permanent Partial Disability…
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This just in on the Trial lawyers listServ from our friend Dick Thomas, esteemed Roanoke Virginia Workers Comp lawyer: We just got a review opinion , written by Commissioner Dudley, reversing the deputy commissioner and awarding benefits. Claimant had a series of injuries over the years, and had bilateral degenerative disease of the hips. In…
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Robert Harris Sr., a retired Richmond Circuit judge who now mediates for The McCammon Group and who is approaching the $1 billion mark in the total value of settlements he has handled, is shown here with Herndon-Reston area injury lawyer Doug Landau at the VTLA Annual Convention at The Homestead. Like ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., The McCammon…
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Herndon Reston area Workers Comp injury lawyer Doug Landau notes that since the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (“VWC”) does not hold Hearings in Court houses as often as it did 20 years ago, it is important to know where you are going and that the place of your Hearing may not look like the local…
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Instead of taking longer, some states are trying to reduce the number of workers compensation claims waiting for settlement. Herndon trial lawyer Doug Landau received a copy of the Star Ledger article stating that, “The backlog of injured New Jerseyans whose workers compensation insurance settlements are hung up in a government review process has dropped…
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