Sports and brain injury lawyer Doug Landau is asked how can there be a brain injury after a crash if a helmut was worn and there was no blood or skull fracture. The “TriathlonTrialLawyer” advises that this can be due to what is known as “coup/contracoup” and subdural hematoma. Contracoup Brain Injury: A specific area…
Continue readingLarge verdicts in catastrophic cases do not always “stick.” While the popular press likes to report our big number trials, the public does not realize that these extraordinary results are often taken away from deserving Plaintiffs or hung up on appeals for years. The Connecticut Supreme Court has reversed a $41 million judgment for a…
Continue readingClients of the Herndon- Reston area ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. have been receiving a special attachment to the Hearing Notices. It comes from Ann Beverly, the Ombudsman, an concerns the Commission’s FREE “MEDIATION” services. It states: Mediation is an informal and voluntary process in which 2 or more people, have differing interests, work together with the…
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Robert Harris Sr., a retired Richmond Circuit judge who now mediates for The McCammon Group and who is approaching the $1 billion mark in the total value of settlements he has handled, is shown here with Herndon-Reston area injury lawyer Doug Landau at the VTLA Annual Convention at The Homestead. Like ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., The McCammon…
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On Thursday, March 13, 2008, Reston-Herndon, Virginia lawyer Doug Landau presented the tragic case of a motor cycle passenger who was struck by a motorist while traveling with friends. This 36-year-old woman was wearing her helmut, yet suffered traumatic brain injury (“TBI”) which has left her permanently disabled and in need of constant care. This…
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