Actress Natasha Richardson died after suffering a head bump that seemed no worse than those that my son had as a child when he would jump or crash into hard objects. After Richardson’s death, the question on a lot of minds is what distinguishes one kind of head trauma from another–and how you can tell…
Continue readingThe family of a man who was left comatose after being thrown from a golf cart has filed a lawsuit against the resort where the accident occurred. According to the lawsuit, an employee of Indian Lakes Resort attempted a sharp turn while traveling at a high rate of speed. The resort guest suffered severe brain…
Continue readingAlways up for a challenge, sports injury lawyer Doug Landau joined HPC‘s youth team for an indoor CompuTrainer session at their new Herndon, Virginia location. While the experienced Triathlon TrialLawyer often trains indoors on LifeCycles, trackstands, Spin Bikes and other stationary bicycles, the computerized class was a new experience. The CompuTrainer tracks not only speed…
Continue readingLifeguards are given tremendous responsibility at swimming pools throughout the country. In addition to maintaining and cleaning the pool, a lifeguard on duty must be ever vigilant to watch swimmers and divers so as to prevent drowning and other aquatic injuries. Public safety education and on site supervision by lifeguards have helped keep drowning rates…
Continue readingA long-time fan of super swimmer, triathlete and aquathlon champion Beth O’Conner Baker* (see her visage at other posts on our site, including this photo), I was surprised to meet her “stunt double” at “On Track” in Englewood, New Jersey. Yet, when I visited this Englewood New Jersey running and fitness store, I thought I…
Continue readingThis was the crux of a notice Loudoun, Fairfax and Leesburg brain injury lawyer Doug Landau received in Charlottesville while preparing for the appeal of a brain injury case. The Stroke Association wants people to know that strokes are the #3 killer in this country, yet many people don’t even know what they are. They…
Continue readingWhile riding his bicycle eastbound on Clarendon Boulevard, just past the intersection with Edgewood Street, another innocent biker was struck by a careless motorist today. The cyclist was in the designated bicycle lane, as was the case with our client who was injured by a taxi turning into the Starbucks. See post. In the area…
Continue readingWhen a friend showed up at the offices of ABRAMS LANDAU after an adult ice hockey match with a fractured orbit and impressive shiner, Ashburn and Reston sports injury lawyer Doug Landau looked into the injury, frequency and steps to prevent such head and facial trauma. Orbital blowout fractures are cracks or breaks in the…
Continue readingInternational skate tourists rolling over the W&OD Trail from Maryland and D.C. and a “Super Hero” “Super Lawyer” were both spotted in downtown Herndon at Great Harvest. A couple from Denmark have been incredibly skating the famous trail, covering more miles than most cyclists ! And Herndon injury and disability lawyer Doug Landau, who was…
Continue readingFairfax Advocates for Better Bicycling (“FABB”) met with City of Fairfax Police Chief and Sargent Pam Nevlud to provide comments on the city’s new bicycle safety website. FABB asked that the website put less stress on the dangers of cycling and more on the many positive aspects of cycling. Bicycling is no more dangerous than…
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