Anyone who has been injured on the job and is collecting workers’ compensation (WC) benefits, sooner or later, will ask the question — how long can I stay on workers’ comp? In Virginia, weekly wage loss benefits can last up to 500 weeks — just shy of 10 years. In fatal accident cases, the deceased…
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It is not terribly uncommon for a single case to result in both a workers’ compensation claim AND a personal injury claim. Consider the following example: A Virginia delivery driver is injured in an auto accident while driving a company-owned vehicle, and the accident is not his fault. The injured man’s hospital and medical bills,…
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Herndon trial lawyer Doug Landau is frequently contacted by individuals and law firms with fatal accident claims. Because of his experience in actually trying fatality claims before the Workers Compensation Commission and his inclusion in the book “Best Lawyers in America,” Landau has been brought into many death cases, even at the “24th hour.”
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