When a small car failed to stop at a traffic light and smashed into the back of a big box truck at high speed, no one foresaw the long-term ramifications to the driver who was rear-ended. The crash occurred three years ago, the occupants of the small car died on the scene and the driver…
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Unlike a car crash or other accidental injury case, Virginia Workers’ Compensation cases have no absolute settlement date. In other words, a workers’ compensation case in Virginia and Washington, D.C. can go on for years and even decades. At the Abrams Landau law office, we have some files that are nearing three decades old for…
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In Virginia, like many other states where Herndon injury and disability lawyer Doug Landau is licensed to practice law, if you are injured while working and your employer has workers’ compensation, you cannot sue your employer. Instead, you should report your injury to your employer immediately, and either file a claim with the Virginia Workers’…
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The injured worker’s law team at Abrams Landau, Ltd. received a winning decision this month from the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWC) for a senior HVAC technician with a prior, serious workplace back injury. The client was alleging an injury by accident to his lower back. The defendants (his employer and his employer’s insurance company)…
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In order to receive workers comp benefits under Virginia law, a disabled worker must prove that they sustained a sudden injury by accident. But what does this mean exactly? Does an injured worker have to know the exact time of their injury? What if the employee is doing several activities over and over again? Does…
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