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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When an employer lets ALL of its employees go, is a worker who is under “light duty” restrictions out of luck? Because they were let go for “economic reasons,” rather than her disabling condition from a workplace accident, is there nothing they can do? These are important questions to ABRAMS LANDAU clients, many of whom…
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What happens if your employer appeals your winning workers’ comp case? How does a case on appeal get decided when the judges cannot see or hear the witnesses? If an injured worker who needs back surgery wins at trial before the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (VWC) and again on appeal before the Full Commission, how…
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What are the requirements for a brain injury to be covered by workers comp? In order to prove a COMPENSABLE brain injury by accident in a workplace disability case, an injured worker must present sufficient proof of a sudden mechanical or structural change in their anatomy. In a 2019 case, the Virginia Court of Appeals…
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The Virginia Court of Appeals reviewed conflicting case law to decide whether a layoff would qualify an injured courthouse employee to workers compensation wage loss benefits. The facts of the case are that the claimant, who worked in a light-duty capacity on a courthouse custodial staff after a work-related injury, was laid off because her…
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