Earlier this year, we posted about an NPR series condemning our nation’s workers’ comp system. A day after that ProPublica/NPR story hit the airwaves, the federal government’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a report that agrees with much of the criticisms. The OSHA report says that changes in workers’ compensation have made it…
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Earlier this month, National Public Radio (NPR) published a series on injured nurses. Specifically, NPR did an investigation into nurses who are injured in the course of their duties. In short, this series uncovers something Virginia Workers’ Compensation attorney Doug Landau has known for a long time: Lifting, moving, supporting, and carrying heavy patients and…
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In a word, according to Herndon Reston workers comp lawyer Doug Landau, “NO.” Insurance company agents, especially their defense lawyers and so-called “nurses” and “medical case managers” routinely try to go behind our backs and talk to the doctors without the patient or their lawyer’s being present. This is called an “ex parte” contact, and…
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