Virginia employers with 3 or more employees are generally subject to the Workers’ Compensation Act which requires workers’ compensation coverage (through an insurance company or through self-insurance) at no cost to its employees. Workers’ compensation is a form of insurance used to provide compensation to employees who are injured in the course and scope of…
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While Labor Day is usually a day of rest and relaxation, Triathlon Trial lawyer Doug Landau travelled to upstate New York for a family wedding and lead a bike ride for the groom and his friends. The multi-sport attorney was asked by the bride if he wold perform this “labor of love” for her as…
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In some cases, you may also be able to sue your employer while receiving workers compensation benefits. For example, if your employer retaliates against you for making a claim by demoting you, reassigning you, or cutting your hours, he or she may be culpable. You could also sue your own employer if your company doesn’t…
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At the Broadlands Sprint Triathlon today in Loudoun County, some 270 multisport athletes took to the streets. Leesburg, Fairfax and Prince William bike injury lawyer Doug Landau wanted to try this TriPerformance event to test his early summer fitness. Landau also likes competing in safe events like this, where the directors and volunteers take great…
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After his bike accident with the steel expansion joints on the Lee Bridge in Richmond, Doug Landau noted with interest the recent case of a Connecticut woman who was injured when she struck a steel grate while cycling. The Hartford Metropolitan District Commission(“MDC”) has been ordered by a Connecticut jury to pay $2.9 million to…
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