The lawyers for injured victims have frequently reported that the Medicare Secondary Payer Act is riddled with inefficiency. HR 4796, the Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act would correct this problem by requiring the Center for Medicare Services (CMS) to respond to requests for their lien amount within 60 days. A “lien” is like an “IOU,”…
Continue reading
3/11 Highway back ups, backing up and U-turns all cause crashes, injuries and death on the interstate Having represented innocent victims injured by drivers who back up, switch lanes without signalling or make illegal “U-turns” on I-95 and I-395, Doug Landau has seen first-hand the devastation “going against the flow of traffic” can bring. The…
Continue reading3/9 Jury awards damages for Blacksburg nursing home resident after fall from bed Mason pix Falls for elderly clients of the ABRAMS LANDAU law firm often cause permanent injury. Frequently these falls prove to be fatal to older members of society. Even our younger workers compensation and Social Security Disability clients encounter broken bones and…
Continue reading
What’s the best part of my job ? Collecting hugs, giving good news to my clients and their families, and winning their cases. I also enjoy teaching and helping other lawyers to become better advocates on behalf of innocent, injured victims. This weekend I had the opportunity to combine my passions. My day started early;…
Continue reading
What kinds of facts and evidence are needed to win a Social Security Disability case like this, where the claimant had long ago settled her workers compensation claim ? Shown here are ABRAMS LANDAU trial lawyer Doug Landau and Shawn Shook with the happy daughter and husband of our disabled client immediately after the successful…
Continue reading