Workers compensation claims are becoming harder and more complicated as insurance companies are resisting claims with big medical bills and medication expenses. Not only has McLean, Greenway and Foxcroft injury lawyer Doug Landau noticed this disturbing trend, he also understands that injured workers and their families find it hard to wait for the judges’ decisions…
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Herndon, Reston and Dulles work injury lawyer Doug Landau has tried workers comp claims all over Virginia. The Hearing rooms are not all the same, with some cases being heard in City Council Chambers, others in libraries and still others in Unemployment Offices and court rooms. One of the busiest locations for deciding Virginia Workers…
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“If you can watch another Hearing, do so,” counsels Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau, “but if the court rooms are locked, then wait in the foyer, shown in the picture to the left.” When clients have cases that are being heard in the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (“VWCC“), the ABRAMS LANDAU workplace injury team always…
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Several ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. clients did their “homework” and came to watch Doug Landau try a case in Fairfax on behalf of an injured Fairfax nurse. This wonderful woman had devoted almost her entire work life to helping others in the hospital nursing field. She was a nurse with the INOVA system for over 3…
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In an effort to reduce paperwork, the costs of copying and transporting files and join other courts in the Commonwealth, the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (“VWCC”) is going “paperless.” Insurance companies have been able to file accident reports and other “forms” for some time, but claimants’ lawyers have been waiting for the “green light” to…
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