Posts tagged Car Accident

• Who is to blame? - Negligent Entrustment

  Doug Landau | August 12, 2009 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  “An unfit driver borrowed a friend’s car and hit me. Can I sue the friends for putting him behind the wheel?” In a recent Arlington Circuit Court case, the defendant allegedly...

• Why insurance companies use lizards and cave men!

  Danielle Landau | August 06, 2009 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Car and bike crash injury lawyer Doug Landau warns: Don't be lulled into a false sense of security by a green gecko or Neanderthal. Who can resist an adorable lizard with a Cockney accent, or a...

• Parents who host, lose the most: Parents pay the price for their kids under aged drinking

  Danielle Landau | August 05, 2009 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As a parent, is allowing your son or daughter to host a party with under aged drinking worth $2,500 per person, loosing your driver’s license, and spending a year in jail? It is absolutely...

• Injury lawyer Doug Landau supports the STANDUP Act teen driving law so that 5,000 teenagers won’t die in car crashes this year

  Doug Landau | August 01, 2009 12:35 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  New legislation will create safer roads for teenagers, one state at a time. The STANDUP Act is a comprehensive approach to graduated drivers licensing (GDL) that has already reduced injury and...

• Avoiding low speed crashes: Cars can now Stop Themselves with "City Safety"

  Danielle Landau | July 17, 2009 3:17 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Cars can’t drive themselves yet, but Volvos are getting closer to doing so. Some cars can now avoid low-speed collisions, making cities all over the world a bit less accident-prone. Volvo...

• Victimized by an Uninsured Driver: Use Subrogation Action

  Doug Landau | July 13, 2009 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  What happens when an uninsured driver hits you? Who pays for the medical bills that may result from that accident, when the at-fault driver is has an insurance policy that does not cover the...

• Bicycle Versus Car

  Doug Landau | June 24, 2009 10:00 AM | 4 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As I have just concluded another bicycle crash case, I believe it is important to look at cases involving cyclists. Motorists have a legal duty to drive at a reasonable speed and to keep a lookout...

• Virginia to Ban Text Messaging While Driving

  Danielle Landau | June 18, 2009 4:40 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Text messaging is all the rage for teens. But pair texting with driving and an accident is bound to happen. Texting while driving increases ones response to brake time, or the time it takes to...

• New Jersey driver negligent for "waving in" another vehicle into traffic

  Lauren Holtzman | May 20, 2009 1:17 PM | 1 CommentFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In June, 2006, a crash occurred when a truck driver named David Carhuamacca waved another vehicle, driven by Thurman Baker, onto the highway. As that vehicle was crossing, it collided with a...

• He borrowed my car and crashed it- Who pays?

  Melissa Landau | December 10, 2008 3:40 PM | 1 CommentFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As the bookkeeper at home and Abrams Landau Ltd., I have exposure to car insurance polices and claims from multiple angles. I have discussed in other posts points to consider in choosing insurance...