As part of a seminar for football coaches from Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC reported in yesterday’s Washington Post, high school educators also learned that only 10 percent of concussions involve loss of consciousness. These educators (because learning continues on the playing field) learned that a CT scan might not show any objective physical damage.…
Continue reading“Prep football coaches get an education on concussions” was the title of today’s excellent “Varsity Letter” high school sports column by Preston Williams. High school football coaches were exposed to current theory and practice with concussions at Redskins Park. Secondary school coaches from Virginia, Maryland and the District filed into a tent at Redskins Park…
Continue readingWhat better thing to do on your “day off” than to take in a high school track meet ? That’s exactly what Sterling Virginia injury lawyer Doug Landau did while resting up for the USAT National Duathlon Festival. Landau attended the Elite Track Classic at Sports Backers Stadium in Richmond, Virginia. This sports event appeared…
Continue readingFinding the news of the arrests of charity cyclists and triathletes “disturbing,” USAT Executive Director Skip Gilbert was finally able to meet with Doug Landau in Richmond after the National Duathlon Festival in Richmond. Gilbert told the injured athletes lawyer that he would, “see what we can do to help.” Landau noted that, “when Loudoun…
Continue readingAs one who enjoys running barefoot on the beach, and who listens to an iPod when running off the roads, sports injury lawyer Doug Landau was taken aback by the news reports of the death of a runner in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Apparently the ipod jogger was running along the beach with his iPod…
Continue readingEver since his pre-law studies at the Boston University Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences with Physical and Occupational Therapists, Herndon Reston trial lawyer Doug Landau has had enormous respect for PTs and OTs. To this day, gifted PTs and OTs have helped injured and disabled ABRAMS LANDAU clients return to work, sports and…
Continue readingThere are TWO important parts to every Virginia case where a PLACE causes a runner’s, biker’s or walkers injuries. First, the injured party must show that there is a defective or dangerous condition on the property that caused the harm, AND Second, the property owner or operator must have had notice of the danger or…
Continue readingThe neighboring states of Virginia and North Carolina are very business friendly, especially when it comes to products liability laws. Both Virginia and North Carolina still cling to the outdated notion of pure contributory negligence. In other words, any fault that may have contributed to the happening of the accident, is fatal to the injured…
Continue readingThe Reston Bike Club is once again riding outdoors on weeknights ! The Club meets Thursday evenings just down the block from the ABRAMS LANDAU buildings, and on Tuesday nights in the Hunters Woods Shopping Center. There are levels for every skill level of bicycle rider, from the “Ones” who go so fast that they…
Continue readingTennis outdoors in the sunshine ?!!? For the first time in many years, the Annual VTLA Tennis Tournament sponsored by ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., was held outside, in the sunshine, without participants suffering from hyperthermia ! Tournament director Doug Landau oversaw a very close competition amongst the female participants, with a three-way tie for first settled…
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