Workers compensation claims are not just for construction workers and other blue collar laborers. Even highly paid professional athletes have comp claims that require court hearings and appeals. Professional football players are employees who work for wages much like others employed at FedEx Field. The report this week that the Washington Redskins have to pay…
Continue readingThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC’s work to…
Continue readingThe Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) in cooperation with EB Brands, of Yonkers, New York announced a voluntary recall of Resistance Stretch Tubing manufactured in China. Having used these types of exercise devices to work out at home and at the gym, sports injury lawyer Doug Landau notes that strength training equipment should be built…
Continue readingOne of my father Norman Landau’s pet peeves was the dangers presented by nets separating courts at indoor tennis facilities. He was always straightening the nets at his sports facilities in New Jersey, Connecticut and New York City. A recent TRIAL case report highlights the danger presented by such partitions. A young man was playing…
Continue readingThe DC Road Runners Annual Fort Hunt 10km is an interesting early season race because it consists of 5 laps around a small park with no significant hills. Runners can thus pace themselves for most efficient times. Landau intended to run an evenly paced race, by adding 5 seconds per 440 yards. However, he added…
Continue readingAs a customer who gets a “dividend” each year from REI, sports injury lawyer Doug Landau was impressed the the Recreational Equipment company’s voluntary recall of its Novara Fusion Bicycles. In an age when many recreational product makers and sports product suppliers deny, obfuscate and/or pass the buck, REI’s act is commendable. Landau, of the…
Continue readingWith Loudoun County police stopping Fairfax bike riders for riding two-by-two, Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau was asked to look into the laws regarding bikers riding other than in single file formation. Bicycling around Leesburg, Ashburn, Ashburton, Broadlands and Sterling is a great way to enjoy the rural parts of the Washington DC Metropolitan area.…
Continue readingThe “Super Bowl” is one of the most-watched sporting events on television. The NFL makes billions of dollars each year. It is America’s beloved violent pastime. Yet the rash of brain and spinal trauma cases depicted this season do not seem to have had much impact on permanent changes to the game and the on…
Continue readingAt the “Tribute to the Military” 5km running race in Coral Gables, Florida, Cross Fit trained athletes showed their stuff on a scenic course that took runners from the City Hall and around the golf course before returning to the center of the city. The Florida weather, as expected, was hot, and the dancers who…
Continue readingBrain injury in sports can occur even without outward manifestation, such as bleeding, swelling of the skull, bruising of the skin or laceration. Sports medicine specialists who study head injury in athletics have long noted that it is the movement of the brain inside the hard, bony shell (the cranium) that often determines the nature…
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