Interestingly, after I got back from court after representing the “MS-8” bicyclists at the Loudoun County Courthouse, I was contacted by another cyclist ticketed for “running through a stop.” She is 11. Her mother called from New York. This young girl is in the hospital. Her pelvis is fractured. According to an eyewitness, the driver:…
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Did you know you could get FOUR POINTS on your driving record for slowly rolling to a near stop at a stop sign in your bicycle ? Doug Landau represented bikers who were ticketed for going through a stop sign in Loudoun County. A total of eight cyclists were stopped for this offense (Virginia Code…
Continue readingDespite a Federal Judge’s finding that Doug Landau’s client’s “Frozen Shoulder” was NOT an impairment that meets Social Security’s medical listing, he won her case for disability benefits dating back over 2 years. The Richmond Administrative Law Judge only took 3 months to issue this partially favorable opinion for a 57 year-old woman who does…
Continue readingWhat happens when an uninsured driver hits you? Who pays for the medical bills that may result from that accident, when the at-fault driver is has an insurance policy that does not cover the damages to you and your vehicle? If you have your own auto coverage, or are covered under another member of your…
Continue readingThis important concept explains both short and long term neurologic deficits in patients whose trauma did not produce either contusions, hemorrhages or lacerations sufficient to account for the deficits. Frequently, the latter lesions are minimal but the deficit is severe. Sometimes, notes Herndon Reston brain injury lawyer Doug Landau, there is a minimal laceration (cut)…
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