Yesterday I introduced the true story of our client who was killed by a falling girder at the Pentagon. We won an Award from the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission for benefits as the result of this fatal accident. Funeral and burial expenses were paid and weekly benefits were paid to his teenaged daughter in Colorado. …
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After the devastating attacks of 9/11, a crack team of welders and construction workers was brought in from all over the country to repair the damage to the Pentagon. In the weeks and months that passed as the rubble was cleared and the repairs begun, the true extent of the attack was revealed. But the…
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This summer, Margaret Deng took an oath of citizenship and became a citizen of the United States. Her birth country is Sudan, Africa. This mother of 4 came to Douglas Landau for assistance with a workers’ comp claim. Mrs. Deng was disabled from her job as a sales associate as the result of an arm…
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The Virginia Workers Compensation Statute says the rehab personnel (as well as insurance adjusters) are entitled to “copies” of medical reports. “Copies” does not include verbal reports. It is Doug Landau’s position that they have no right to speak to the doctor, the nurses or the doctors’ staff. Yet the insurance company people try to…
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Yes, possibly. The first step in any workers compensation claim is to determine if you were injured “in the course and scope of employment.” If you were injured on the job, the next step is to figure out how much your employer paid you every week. Because many undocumented workers are paid “under the table,”…
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