Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media It doesn’t seem like somebody should be able to have a blanket immunity. Steven Gacovino – Social Media Youth Harm Attorney – Suffolk County, NY These are defenses each and every case is going to have to overcome, and so far we think that we have some pretty good […]
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Hi, this is Ray Hrdlicka, host of Attorneys.Media, and today we’re sitting with Steven Gacovino, a personal injury and mass tort attorney in Long Island, Suffolk County, New York. And today we’re going to talk about a couple of different areas that he specializes in. The first is personal
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media If they fail to file that document, assuming this scenario, they don’t have any experience at all with personal injury law or with the court systems. If they fail to file that document, is the case null and void? Steven Gacovino – Personal Injury Attorney – Suffolk County, NY
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Tell us the process for filing a personal injury claim. Somebody gets hurt, you know, they may not know whether or not they actually have a claim. So, what’s your process when they approach you? Steven Gacovino – Personal Injury Attorney – Suffolk County, NY Let’s put this in
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Somebody does get hurt, and they’re going to medical treatment, they continue on, and it may or may not get better, but it’s continuing. And then they decide, I think I need to see an attorney to see what, you know, my rights are and what can be done.
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media The preparatory actions they take before contacting you at the scene of an accident and then afterwards, you know, medical records, et cetera, et cetera, is extremely important to be able to move the case along. Steven Gacovino – Personal Injury Attorney – Suffolk County, NY I won’t say
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media What are the types of compensation that they can expect to be, you know, received from a claim? Steven Gacovino – Personal Injury Attorney – Suffolk County, NY New York again is a very peculiar state when it comes to issues concerning car accidents, and the answer is different
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Well, that begs the question, why personal injury? Why did you gravitate towards that? Steven Gacovino – Personal Injury Attorney – Suffolk County, NY I graduated towards personal injury because I was always interested in really, mostly in the human body. I had a little bit of a science
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Somebody is considering hiring an attorney and so they walk into your office and what would you tell them about why they should hire your firm versus the guy down the street? Steven Gacovino – Social Media Youth Harm Mass Tort Attorney – Suffolk County, NY So, if you’re
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media My question is, how many cases, percentage-wise, I’m not going to hold you to it, but just a rough estimate, go to trial? I would assume most settle ahead of time, am I correct? Steven Gacovino – Social Media Youth Harm Mass Tort Attorney – Suffolk County, NY Your
