In a word, “yes.” If you have a permanent injury or are going to be disabled from work for a long time, you want the best or “Top” lawyer for your case. While Awards and being listed in “The Best Lawyers in America,” “Super Lawyers” and having the highest listing in the Martindale Hubbell National…
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After receiving a call to help a construction worker injured at Dulles Airport (“IAD”), we brought his claim immediately and worked on getting his Child Support Arrearage straightened out. The reason Child Support is important in the context of workers compensation cases is that Child Support Orders are the only types of “IOUs” that can…
Continue readingThe Virginia Workers Compensation has issued new guidelines for what will constitute “Reasonable” Efforts to Look for Light Duty Work. No longer will 2 visits per week (as required by the Virginia Employment Commission to get V.E.C. Unemployment benefits) be sufficient. The value of marketing one’s residual capacity is critical to a workers’ comp claim…
Continue readingAt ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., every time we think we have heard the most outrageous story about what an insurance company’s vocational rehabilitation vendor will do, we are surprised with a new story, such as this… Story #2 The injured worker’s treating neurosurgeon recommended a multi level cervical fusion for the claimant, but said his patient…
Continue readingSometimes truth is better than fiction. These two tales were sent to us by Virginia trial lawyers concerning the troubling tactics taken by Vocational Rehabilitation “specialists” hired by the insurance company to work on their disabled client: Story #1: Insurance Company Vocational Rehabilitation Vendor prepares resume for claimant. The claimant has only a 7th grade…
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