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
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
