The majority of injured workers who contact the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd., are unaware of two requirements under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act that frequently cause disabled claimants to lose thousands of dollars in comp payments. Under the Virginia Comp law, the injured worker must prove every day and hour of their disability…
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Just because an airline, Reagan National or Dulles International Airport employee falls and badly injures themselves at work, they are NOT automatically entitled to the limited benefits available under the Virginia Workers Compensation Act. Unlike other sates, where almost anything that happens while an airport worker is “on the clock” are covered, Virginia workers comp…
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Normally airport workers and airline employees wait weeks and months for a decision to be reached in their on the job accident cases. The Virginia Workers Compensation Commission had been advising claimants that it would be at least 3-8 weeks for the case to be decided from the date that the record is closed (and…
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“If I am struck by one of those beeping electric vehicles carrying disabled passengers through an airport, or clipped by a maintenance Cushman or even hit by a security Segway, do I have a case?” While an injured traveler at one of our international airports may have a case for negligence if the vehicle driver…
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After a workplace injury, the disabled employee often needs to follow up with a specialist after being released from the hospital. In those cases where the airline has offered a “Panel” of physicians, the injured worker must choose from the panel if the airline, their insurance company or Third Party Administrator (“TPA”) will accept the…
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Runways are not the only dangerous place at our international airports. Construction and repairs to the terminal also require hazardous work. Transportation of jet fuel and testing engines inside of the hangers also pose a high degree of risk to the airline workers and airport personnel assigned to these tasks. While there are Federal rules…
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Just as many flights were delayed due to “Winter Storm Titan,” the Landau Law Shop was closed today. Even if ABRAMS LANDAU staff had been able to get to work, it was unsafe for disabled clients to attempt to travel on hazardous Northern Virginia roads. We understand that it has been difficult for the individuals…
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