Getting together in advance of the DC Nations Triathlon enabled me to catch up with several teammates and team manager Lisa Levin Reichman and her family. We met for a “carbo loading” dinner after pre-registration. Lisa was recently featured in the Washington Examiner as she had just finished her first triathlon, has 3 small children…
Continue readingIn lieu of a sports post today, please visit our sister site (LandauInjuryLaw), which has devoted the week to the clients we have helped after the devastation of 9/11.
Continue readingBeing fat and physically inactive has a name–Sedentary Death Syndrome or “SeDS.” Approximately 2.5 million Americans will die prematurely in the next 10 years due to SeDS, a number greater than all alcohol, guns, motor vehicles, illicit drug use and sexual behavior related deaths combined. Research has identified SeDS as the second largest threat to…
Continue readingAfter being a volunteer in the rain Saturday at the 25th Annual Reston Triathlon packet pick up, Doug Landau raced Sunday against many of the area’s top multisport athletes, including the Mayor of D.C. ! Shown here are “TriathlonTrialLawyer” Doug Landau, Rip Tide Swim & Sport’s Shandra Richardson, who was female runner up, and Mayor…
Continue readingAssumption of the Risk is a defense that can often lead to the dismissal (or Summary Judgment) of a plaintiff’s otherwise serious baseball head or facial injury case. Assumption of the Risk, according to the Athletes Lawyer Doug Landau of Herndon, Virginia, is “the voluntary undertaking of a known and understood danger that results in…
Continue readingWhile many of us have heard of swimming pool accidents involving diving boards, falls, and drowning, the drains in many pools present an unreasonable risk of harm to children. In December of 2007, Congress passed the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act to provide basic safety standards for the nation’s public pools. That…
Continue readingPeople seeking my assistance with their accident and injury cases often have significant pain and disability, but little in the way of “objective” evidence to go with their “subjective complaints of pain and discomfort. In a court of law, the “objective proof” is often critical to the members of the jury who are familiar with…
Continue readingBeing fat and physically inactive has a name–Sedentary Death Syndrome or “SeDS.” Approximately 2.5 million Americans will die prematurely in the next ten years due to SeDS, a number greater than all alcohol, guns, motor vehicles, illicit drug use and sexual behavior related deaths combined. Research has identified SeDS as the second largest threat to…
Continue readingWhen a sidelined Ironman calibre athlete came to us recently, we were unable to take the case without objective proof of her physical injuries. One method of determining the nature and extent of long term injury is through the use of DMX. DMX stands for Digital Motion X-Ray. DMX was effectively used by the doctors…
Continue readingWhile visiting friends over Labor Day Weekend in West Virginia, I pulled out the dusty table tennis rackets and played ping pong for the first time in a very long time. I had learned from my parents and my grandfather, William Abrams. He was consistent and did not waste time in between points. He also…
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