New parents take all sorts of precautions to keep cleansers away from small children because of the potential for harmful chemical burns, blindness, permanent scarring, and death. Similarly, adults try to handle caustic cleaning products carefully. However, there are instances where such cleansers are unsafely stored or “mixed up,” and these events can result in…
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Injured workers have a legal duty to look for work within their remaining physical abilities when they cannot return to their pre-injury jobs. Similar to the requirements in a personal injury case (“mitigating damages” ), an injured employee needs to do the best they can to reduce their losses. Under the Virginia Workers Compensation law,…
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How hard is a crash at highway speed? When driving in your car, you are probably not thinking about momentum, forces, or physics. While this may not be on our mind, highway designers and engineers are constantly working to calculate the forces of the impacts that may occur. A car is essentially a small tank;…
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“Where do I go?”, one of the most common questions Trial Lawyer Doug Landau is asked when a client has their all important day in court. Courts vary in room information they specify prior to trial. Some courts will tell you exactly what courtroom you are to appear in for your case. While other courthouses,…
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The Herndon Patch reports that the Town of Herndon Police Department will be conducting drivers’ checkpoints on weekends during this busy holiday season. What are they looking for? Drunk Drivers. The Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU has tried cases against impaired drivers. Injury lawyer Doug Landau prosecuted drunk and stoned drivers as part of his…
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