The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a recall of approximately 1,000 cargo bikes manufactured by Yuba Bicycles. The 26-inch bicycles have steel frames, aluminum fenders on the front and rear wheels, and a wood utility deck mounted on the rear cargo rack. The bikes come in orange, black or blue. The word “Mundo”…
U.S. Divers has recalled a youth snorkeling mask that was sold exclusively at Costco as a part of a set, along with a snorkel and fins. The Martinique LX Jr. Youth Snorkeling Mask Sets can pose a laceration danger when notches in the tempered glass lens on the mask can break under certain water pressure. If you…
The team at Abrams Landau, Ltd. congratulates lawyer and athlete Doug Landau for being selected as a 2013 Virginia SuperLawyer. Doug has been honored with this recognition every year since 2006! When an athlete is injured, often the help of an attorney is needed. Our athlete clients find great comfort in hiring a lawyer who…
Athletes, in their zeal to compete, have been known to push their bodies back into competition soon after a sports injury. According to an article in the Washington Post, it is important to wait at least four weeks following a surgery before flying on a plane. Flying puts any traveler at an increased risk of…
After seeing too many kids biking on the W&OD Trail without helmets, bike safety lawyer Doug Landau took matters into his own hands. With matching grants from the Virginia Trial Lawyers Foundation and a bike crash client (who also happens to be a triathlon champion), huge boxes of Bell Helmets and bags arrived at the…
The Herndon injury law firm of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. is not only a Convention Sponsor for the Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”), a Convention Committe member and frequent Moderator, but Doug Landau also directs and sponsors the Annual Tennis Tournament. Having been a tennis instructor prior to law school, TheAthletesLawyer enjoys including young and old in…
Triathlon Trial lawyer Doug Landau has been racing for years in his signature “Team LandWare” gear. Starting with the 49th Annual Virginia Trial Lawyers Convention this past weekend, he dons TheAthletesLawyer and TriathlonTrialLawyer racing outfits. After a hiatus last year to be a volunteer at the running race and direct the tennis tournament, Landau was…
Herndon-Reston Virginia injury lawyer Doug Landau attended (and sponsored) the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association’s (VTLA) 49th Annual Convention and Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) program. While TheAthletesLawyer has over two decades of experience trying cases on behalf of injured athletes, workers and their families, Doug Landau attends these programs in order to stay abreast of current…
Doug Landau enjoys “multi-tasking” and killing as many birds with one stone as possible. On his last “road trip,” the Herndon/Reston area injury lawyer got up at the crack of dawn in order to drive to Blacksburg and visit his kids at Virginia Tech. On his way to visit with past and present clients at…
Bike crashes can result in facial injuries, dental care and brain injury. There are reported cases of triathletes being struck by cars, tripping and falling entering/exiting the transition areas and getting hit during the swim, all resulting in head injury and dental trauma. After medical concerns are addressed, the extent of the dental injury should…