III. Damages The cyclist sustained multiple injuries. The bike-riding professor also had a loss of consciousness when struck by the defendant who was traveling 45 m.p.h. or more. This crash caused the following problems for the injured bicycle rider: a. Post-concussive syndrome and closed head injury; b. Posterior neck pain and a central herniated cervical…
Continue readingBefore a Court will allow a jury to decide on the amount of damages to award an injured bike crash victim, there must be evidence of “liability.” Liability is often called “fault” or “negligence.” Once there is proof of “fault” by the Defendant Driver, then the injured cyclist’s trial lawyer is allowed to present the…
Continue readingI. Facts of the North Carolina Bicycle Tour Bike Crash Abrams Landau client, a professor at a local community college in Virginia, was on the 13th day of a bicycle tour from Maine to Florida. This was his “dream vacation.” This ultra-fit middle-aged cyclist had worked for many years in order to earn the Sabbatical…
Continue readingOther Trial Lawyers who actually compete and try cases: Ervin Gonzalez, COLSON, HICKS, EIDSON, GONZALEZ, etc. Miami, FL. This is one of the poremier South Florida firms. Ervin was Doug Landau’s trial partner in Miami and has become one of the most successful trial lawyers in the country. Ervin@colson.com Jim Krueger, Esq., is an…
Continue readingWho doesn’t like free medical advice ? In an effort to continue to keep clients and co-counsel up to date on the latest developments in medicine AND the law, Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau wants you to know that the INOVA Hospital System is sponsoring another FREE seminar for the public this month. Herndon lawyer…
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Continue readingI want to thank my good friend Michael Hamberger DC Running Coach for linking to our website. The “DC Running Coach” literally “ran into” the Triathlon Trial Lawyer at a DCRRC “bureaucratic runaround” at the FDR Memorial. Hamburger, a nationally ranked duathlete, had ridden into the District and was hurrying to make the start of…
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Continue readingTriathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau was again published in the September, 2007 Newsletter of the Potomac Valley Masters (the Regional Governing body for the United States Masters Swimming or “USMS“), called “The Swimmers Ear.” Landau, who had previously written about the United States National Age Group Triathlon Championships in St. Joseph, Missouri, turned his attention…
Continue readingTriathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau has undertaken this new web presence to organize his e-mails, race results, pictures and articles for athletes, athletic equipment, coaches and those in the Legal, Sports Medicine and Allied Health Professionals. For decades, this Herndon Injury Lawyer has written about topics relating to injured athletes, sports medicine and athletic competitions…
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