Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Has today’s jury awards changed from what you see 15 years ago or 20 years ago or 25 years ago? Steven Gacovino – Personal Injury Attorney – Suffolk County, NY I think that that would be fair to say and I don’t know that it would have been a […]
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media You talked about evidence that people needed to compile in a personal injury accident. Does that go for this type of…same thing? Steven Gacovino – Mass Tort Attorney – Suffolk County, NY Yes. That digital footprint that they leave behind is of vital importance. Knowing really everywhere where your
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media With the proliferation of AI in the last year, it sounds like the social media… and it sounds like their ability to accelerate that connectivity, that addiction, that dopamine fix, for lack of a better phrase, is going to be even worse with the proliferation of AI, because everything
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Has there been legal precedence or, you know, cases that have been already brought against these social media companies and successfully proven this is the case? You know, the causation or correlation does not always equal correlation. Correlation does not…. Steven Gacovino – Social Media Youth Harm Attorney –
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Well, speaking of liability, one of the things that is often touted by the social media companies is they have immunity. I think it’s what, 230? There’s statute 230. Does that come into play here? Steven Gacovino – Social Media Youth Harm Attorney – Suffolk County, NY You’re exactly
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Well, I assume you can classify that health professional as expert testimony in potential future litigation because… I would ask what type of experts would be required in this particular case because it is such a burgeoning field of law. So what kind of experts would be required in
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media Well, let’s step back a second. You’ve used the phrase mass tort. Can you explain that to somebody who’s watching this video? Steven Gacovino – Mass Tort Attorney – Suffolk County, NY It might be oversimplified, but what it means is that there are a lot of people that
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media So, let’s talk about fees and explain your fees a little bit and how, well, are they any different between personal injury and, you know, what we’ve been discussing, this mass tort case. Steven Gacovino – Mass Tort Attorney – Suffolk County, NY And with respect to New York,
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media This is a new area of law that you’re going to need specialty attorneys to be involved with it. And it looks like you’re on the forefront of that. Is that correct? Steven Gacovino – Social Media Youth Harm Attorney – Suffolk County, NY I feel pretty comfortable with
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media How long does it take from when they first contact you to let’s say a resolution of the case, whether it’s a settlement or if they have to go to trial? Is New York as, not behind times, but as backlogged with civil cases as the rest of the
