Articles in the local Northern Virginia and Fairfax County newspapers about students in the Herndon Middle School who take used and discarded bicycles and repair them so that local children can discover the joys of getting around on 2 wheels caught my attention. About 20 Herndon Middle School students stay after school once a week…
Continue readingTriathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau admits that his ice bath regimen, toe spreaders and reading upside down may be unique, but what some elite athletes do is just plain weird. For example, shortly before the 2003 London Marathon, champion road runner Paula Radcliffe collided with a 13-year-old cyclist and suffered a dislocated jaw, whiplash and…
Continue readingInjured athletes who have come to see Doug Landau in Court often note that he is in “constant motion” and quite “nimble” in the court room, with exhibits, computers and documents at his fingertips. Just as is the case in his race preparation, Ashburn injury lawyer Landau and his staff invest a lot of time…
Continue readingConcerned team mates let me know that our dear friend, training and racing partner Rob Colburn was in a bad bike crash today. Apparently, his bike “disappeared out from under him,” according to eye witnesses. Hitting the pavement hard, this toughened masters triathlete and hockey player broke his ribs, arm and punctured his lung during…
Continue readingA civil jury found two fraternity brothers liable for the death of a pledge who drowned while trying to swim across a lake on the campus in Coral Gables, Florida. The Defendants must pay $12.6 million to the parents of an 18-year-old pledge they watched drown in a University of Miami lake during rush week.…
Continue readingBike helmets prevent concussions, closed head injury and traumatic brain damage. As indicated by the picture in this helmet company’s advertisement, bicycle helmets also prevent broken bones. As the Lazer company points out on its web site, “the main goal of wearing a helmet is to avoid getting injured. The fitting of a helmet is…
Continue readingThe parents of a 7-year-old boy who died on an amusement park ride have tentatively settled their lawsuit against a New York county for $1.25 million. According to the NBC news report, the Defendant County also agreed to set up a scholarship in the boy’s name. The settlement was announced in the state Supreme Court…
Continue readingWinning his first and last multisport races of the season made for what would have to be called a successful year for Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau. In addition to the ABRAMS LANDAU law firm’s successes in court rooms in Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Georgia, New York, South Carolina and Washington, D.C., the Herndon…
Continue readingIn his continuing efforts to help those with traumatic brain injury (“TBI”) and disabled from head trauma, Herndon Reston lawyer Doug Landau receives and reviews materials from the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Brain Injury Services, the Brain Injury Association and the Virginia Trial Lawyers Brain Injury Retreat. The NRH Press latest book offering is “Managing Brain…
Continue readingIn his races and training, TriathlonTrialLawyer Doug Landau has travelled in some very fast company. However, the Herndon Reston injury attorney was stunned at the speed with which the Creskill Police responded to a 911 call. The telephone accidentally dialed 911; the local New Jersey Police Department was at the house in less than 5…
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