Workers injured in an on-the-job incident may wish to file a claim for workers’ compensation (WC) benefits. Employers pay for workers’ compensation insurance coverage for their employees and it is these insurance carriers who are responsible for paying out any claims. Therefore, a bit of insight into how workers’ compensation insurance companies operate will be…
Continue readingDoug Landau hates waste. Anyone who has seen him around the office knows that he enjoys “multi-tasking.” It makes the Herndon Reston brain injury lawyer nuts when clients waste their time, effort or money. However, there is one type of waste that it particularly grating. As the former Chair of the Association of Trial Lawyers…
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After an injured worker receives 500 weeks of compensation benefits, the insurance carrier generally sends a letter telling the injured worker that they only have medical benefits remaining. However, Super Lawyer Doug Landau of the Abrams Landau law firm in Herndon, Virginia has had success in getting additional wage loss compensation for his disabled clients.…
Continue readingWhile the insurance industry likes to publicize instances where the claims of injured workers are not legitimate, these “exposes” pale in comparison to the recent verdict in Florida. This Jacksonville case involved fraud in the context of workers comp insurance and involved almost $100 million dollars ! After five weeks of testimony, a Jacksonville Florida…
Continue readingWhile Herndon trial lawyer Doug Landau represents injured workers almost exclusively, he takes on several defense cases for companies, medical practices and individuals who have no insurance or whose insurance is not protecting them. In this case, the accused doctor had no insurance protection from a six-figure claim.
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