Generally, an employee “going to or from the place where her work is to be performed is not engaged in performing any service growing out of and incidental to her employment.” In other words, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation laws, like those of many other states, do not cover employees when they are “commuting,” going on…
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While Herndon workers comp and workplace injury lawyer Doug Landau of Abrams Landau, Ltd. has won cases for employees struck by cars when leaving work or going to their employer mandated parking places, a recent Unpublished Virginia Court of Appeals decision adds a twist to these fact specific claims. In the 2017 case of Washington v.…
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The Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU received notice that Doug Landau was recognized as a 2012 “LEGAL ELITE.” This recognition for the “Most Respected Attorneys in the Commonwealth” of Virginia will be published in next month’s Virginia Living. Landau, who has been recognized by “Super Lawyers”(for both Virginia and Washington, D.C.), Martindale Hubbell A-V rated…
Continue readingEscorting several DC public school students and teaches on a National Geographic field trip, a client of ours wound up on the ill-fated airliner that was hijacked by terrorists and crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. The Speiser Krause law firm had this family, as well as many others, contact us because of our experience handling catastrophic…
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The March, 2008 edition of WASHINGTON DC “SUPER LAWYERS” includes ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. trial lawyer Doug Landau. What is also remarkable is that Landau is the only Herndon-Reston area attorney listed under “General Personal Injury Plaintiff.” Mrs. Landau does not believe that this will lead to more dates or a spot on “Oprah” any time…
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