When a personal injury case settles, the Insurance Company wants a Release to be signed before the check is cashed so that they (and their insureds) will not get sued again on the same claim. When a case is filed in Court, and a settlement reached or verdict in favor of the injured plaintiff returned,…
Continue readingOften clients will down several pints of coffee, get up at the crack of dawn, and then eat a huge breakfast before heading to court with their family. They then arrive needing to use the facilities, tired and bloated. Often, you see litigants falling asleep by three O’clock in the afternoon. NOTHING NEW/UNTESTED – DO…
Continue readingDoug Landau hates waste. Anyone who has seen him around the office knows that he enjoys “multi-tasking.” It makes the Herndon Reston brain injury lawyer nuts when clients waste their time, effort or money. However, there is one type of waste that it particularly grating. As the former Chair of the Association of Trial Lawyers…
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Doug Landau shown here at the hearing room where oral argument for Reviews (appeals) are heard by the Full Commission. After a workers comp claim is heard in Virginia by a Deputy Commissioner, BOTH sides have the right to ask for a “review.” A Review is an appeal to the Full Commission where 3 Commissioners…
Continue readingWhen a Hearing decision is received or a Settlement Order comes by Special Delivery, ABRAMS LANDAU staffers are often asked “When will I get the money ?” The response is, “When the decision is final.” That is because the staff at the Herndon and Reston area injury law firm knows that the insurance defense lawyers…
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