A college aged garden center worker was injured on September 2013 while working. He sustained a skull laceration and traumatic brain injury. Despite the continued denial and delay from the workers compensation insurance company to pay for his treatments, the Abrams Landau injury law team was able to win an initial Award of significant medical…
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While the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act is supposed to be a “No Fault” statutory system to help injured employees, there are limits to what is covered. If an employee chooses not to wear a seat belt in the company truck he was driving, he cannot get workers’ comp benefits for injuries suffered in a car…
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Were you and your coworkers all laid off due to the coronavirus recently, but you’ve been receiving workers’ comp? Have you been told you can’t receive workers’ comp anymore because you were fired not because of your workplace injury but because of COVID-19? We understand how difficult it can be if you were severely injured…
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Virginia has successfully tested the first video, or virtual, Mediation! Herndon injury law firm Abrams Landau, Ltd. was asked to be the “guinea pig” test subjects for this Alternate Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) process. Initially, this FREE workers’ compensation Mediation for our disabled client was supposed to be in-person at the Workers Compensation Commission (“VWC”) Northern…
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Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Closures Update 5/1/2020: From the VWC: “Per the Commission’s April 6, 2020 Order, all evidentiary hearings will be conducted by video until such time as in-person hearings can resume. On April 21st, the Commission began converting all hearings that were scheduled to be held from May 1 through June 10 to video…
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