Do you ever wonder who researches collisions and where that research happens? At Abrams Landau, Ltd. we think a lot about safety — workplace safety, roadway safety, sports safety, airport and aircraft safety, etc. That’s why we were excited to learn about the opening of the Center for Collision Safety and Analysis (CSSA) last year…
Continue readingThe plaintiff, a college student, alleged that the tractor-trailer driver violated federal motor carrier safety rules by failing to take the required off-duty time after working a 24-hour shift as a county firefighter. The case is Lymon v. Bohn. The 19 year old (college student) was driving through an intersection and was struck by a…
Continue readingPreviously I have written about burn injuries and the pain and disability they cause. I have also discussed the benefits of mediation in catastrophic injury and disability cases. In a case mediated by former Alexandria Circuit Court Chief Judge Kent and prepared by my friend and experienced Richmond trial attorney Chris Guedri, the innocent plaintiff…
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Reviewing pictures of car crashes, severe injuries and wreckage every day, I do not expect to be an eyewitness or first responder to an accident. Yet, Wednesday afternoon, for the second time on a main street in Herndon, I witnessed a distracted driver smash into an aluminum light pole, causing it to crash to the…
Continue readingHerndon bus and car crash lawyer Doug Landau was able to help a father who, along with his two sons, was injured when a School Bus crashed into them as they sat at a ramp to get on the highway. Investigation by ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. pointed to gross negligence in the operation of the County…
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