At ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., we will engage the services of experts to put together a “Life Care Plan.” This special report helps us to understand the future needs (and costs) of clients with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord paralysis and other catastrophic injuries and permanent disability. In the next several posts, we will look at…
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Injured clients ask why there are microphones at comp hearings. The rooms are generally small, and everyone can hear each other just fine. The mikes are not to amplify the voices. Rather, the microphones are for recording the trial so that if later one party or the other wants to appeal, they can have a…
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In an earlier entry, I wrote about how we settled a case for a Radford area client after filing suit in his premises liability case in the Loudoun Circuit Court. In this entry, you’re never going to believe it, but I brought a check for over $25,000 to the workers comp defense counsel. That’s right, in…
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In a disability case tried in the District of Columbia, Doug Landau confronted the Federal Government’s Vocational Expert (“VE”), much to the displeasure of the Judge. While Landau did not dispute the expert witness’s credentials or experience, the Herndon Reston area disability and injury lawyer cross-examined the VE armed with the treating doctors’ findings and…
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Doug Landau shown here at the hearing room where oral argument for Reviews (appeals) are heard by the Full Commission. After a workers comp claim is heard in Virginia by a Deputy Commissioner, BOTH sides have the right to ask for a “review.” A Review is an appeal to the Full Commission where 3 Commissioners…
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