“Employer’s safety rules do not have to be in the form of a book, poster or toolbox handout,” notes Northern Virginia workers comp lawyer Doug Landau. There are cases where a simple diagram on a piece of machinery or verbal reminders would be sufficient. In one case, Landau recalls, a landscape crew member got sick…
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This is a simple question with an elusive answer. Suppose you have been injured on the job and the Employer, Insurer and/or Third Party Administrator (“TPA”) want to settle the case with you. That’s right, the parties to this potential workers’ compensation (WC) claim have agreed on a settlement. If you have not yet filed…
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The law firm of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. has been apprised of another instance of an insurance defense lawyer misidentifying himself to a client’s treating doctor in order to get information that may be confidential, private and/or irrelevant to the case. While there are ethical rules governing lawyer conduct, Doug Landau has seen the Virginia Workers…
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Callers to the Landau Law Shop are routinely under the mistaken impression that if they are disabled from their job they will get a comp check. Lawyers who call the Abrams Landau team commonly make this mistake as well. In fact, under Virginia law, unless you are hospitalized, in a coma or bedridden, the Compensation…
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Herndon trial lawyer Doug Landau is frequently contacted by individuals and law firms with fatal accident claims. Because of his experience in actually trying fatality claims before the Workers Compensation Commission and his inclusion in the book “Best Lawyers in America,” Landau has been brought into many death cases, even at the “24th hour.”
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