The family of a security worker trampled to death by Wal-Mart shoppers on New York’s Long Island filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the retail giant. The 34-year-old man was knocked to the ground and trampled to death. He had been assigned to cover security as an independent contractor. In the lawsuit, the family claims the…
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While a number of recent posts have covered somber topics, at Abrams Landau, Ltd., we do also celebrate accomplishments, accolades and other milestones. This Fall, both Beatrice Vargas (on left) and Lauren Holtzman (center) celebrated birthdays with Melissa (bookkeeping, on right) and the rest of the Herndon Reston area injury law firm team. Here the…
Continue readingYes, 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,”…
Continue readingThe Herndon – Reston of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. has successfully settled another workers comp suicide case for a Florida family. Using favorable Virginia case law and Doug Landau’s own winning decision in the Elliott case, this Bulgarian family was able to at last get some compensation for their tragic loss. In a similar ruling,…
Continue readingYes, possibly. Although some day laborers may be unauthorized to work in the United States, in the event of a work related accident “arising out of and in the course and scope of employment,” an undocumented day laborer may collect workers’ compensation benefits. In other words, the fact that the worker is in the United…
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