Shown here is Senior Workers Compensation Legal Assistant Dianna Meredith at the witness stand where she testified on behalf of a client in a workers comp hearing this week. The insurance company had not paid for items in the original Award Order Doug Landau won for this family. This non- payment had been going on…
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Shown here are pictures of the front of the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission’s Fairfax Hearings Office. You can see that construction has resulted in street disruption and fewer parking spaces. This is why is is imperative to get to your Hearing EARLY ! It is also why the ABRAMS LANDAU trial team urges clients, their…
Continue readingIn the report from our local Delegate from Herndon, there were some sobering statistics concerning unlicensed drivers. According to the 2/13/09 “Rust Report,” there were about 60,000 convictions of persons without operator’s license in Virginia last year. It is a significant problem with public safety ramifications. Persons who have never had an operator’s license are…
Continue readingOne of the reasons the personal injury team at ABRAMS LANDAU asks about clients’ Bankruptcy is because this is something that insurance defense lawyers will use against them. Experienced accident lawyers have seen cases dismissed where the innocent plaintiff failed to tell the Federal Bankruptcy Court about their potential or pending negligence claim. This potential…
Continue readingThe Court of Appeals of Virginia ruled February 10, 2009 in the case of Shenandoah Motors, Inc. v. Barbara J. Smith that when an injured worker is terminated for cause from a full duty job, they cannot come back later and seek partial disability compensation. The case applies a “termination for cause” defense which forever…
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