The Virginia Workers’ Compensation (WC) Act allows an injured Virginia employee to file a WC claim with two years of a sudden on-the-job accident. This time limit is known as the “Statute of Limitations”. Sometimes, however, the WC insurance company may require notice within 30 days of an accident. Without notification within 30 days, the…
Continue readingIt is not terribly uncommon for a single case to result in both a workers’ compensation claim AND a personal injury claim. Consider the following example: A Virginia delivery driver is injured in an auto accident while driving a company-owned vehicle, and the accident is not his fault. The injured man’s hospital and medical bills,…
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Members of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG) came from such diverse states as Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina and New York, among others, to attend the recent American Association for Justice (AAJ) winter convention in Miami, Florida. Some of the best workplace injury and disability lawyers…
Continue readingWorkers’ Compensation Attorney Doug Landau is used to dealing with Workers’ Compensation cases. But, an injured worker may not understand that there are certain requirements that must be met in order to collect state Workers’ Comp (WC) benefits. An injured worker seeking WC benefits must make an effort — and show evidence of such effort…
Continue readingSometimes injured workers stay on the job until their conditions deteriorate so badly that they not only qualify for state Workers’ Comp benefits, but Federal Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) as well. Recently, Herndon, Virginia disability lawyer Doug Landau won Federal benefits for a 52-year-old mother of three whose work history was limited to such jobs…
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