In light of grosing evidence of susceptibility to increased brain injury after initial head trauma, the Pentagon is instituting new protocols for soldiers who may have suffered from traumatic brain injury (“TBI”). Troops caught near a roadside blast or in related vehicle crashes will be pulled out of combat for 24 hours and checked for…
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The death of a young Luge athlete from Georgia and a U.S. snowboarder suffering a serious brain injury on the halfpipe during a December practice remind us of the risks inherent in Winter Olympic sports. While Ashburn accident lawyer Doug Landau notes that while winter sport injuries can be permanent, athletes do not normally have…
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Disability lawyer Doug Landau is often asked about the facilities used by the Federal Government for Social Security Disability (“SSDI”) Hearings before the Administrative Law Judges (“ALJs”). Herndon and Reston lawyer Landau was recently asked, “What is a Social Security Disability Hearing “Witness Room” and what happens inside ?” Landau flew from Dulles Airport, conveniently…
Continue readingMany ABRAMS LANDAU clients have undergone Magnetic Resonance Imaging (“MRI”) studies to help their treating doctors diagnose their back, neck, spine injuries and orthopedic injuries. Often, South Riding workers compensation, personal injury and Social Security Disability lawyer Doug Landau’s construction worker clients have to have an x-ray to make sure they have no metal in…
Continue readingJacob Buckett and his sister Isabelle, have been awarded $20 million as settlement in a personal injury suit brought against Burger King. The 12-year old boy and his sister were playing at a playground inside the restaurant, when Jacob fell injuring his lungs, and the parietal lobe and his left front lobe of his brain. …
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