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You've heard that a settlement can help you get compensation for your injuries and losses after a car accident. But how do car accident settlements actually work? How much can you get, what is the legal process, and what kind of timeline can you expect? First and foremost, an experienced personal injury lawyer can help explain how to file your claim and guide you through the process while championing your best interests the entire time. Do I Need a Lawyer to Negotiate a Car Accident...

Wet floors, frayed carpets, uneven sidewalks, flimsy railings, and broken stairs – any one of these property conditions could cause serious injuries to unsuspecting visitors. Under the law, property owners have certain legal responsibilities to visitors or customers who enter their premises. If there's a dangerous condition and the property owner knows about it, they need to either repair it, limit access to it, or warn you about it. In some cases, that legal responsibility goes even further – even if the property owner didn’t...

You’ve seen the statistics on slip and fall accidents – millions of people get injured yearly when they slip and fall on property hazards that should have been fixed, blocked off, or warned against. Unexpected falls could lead to TBI, hospitalization, and even death. A debilitating injury when you least expect it could make you lose work shifts while medical bills pile up. The law of premises liability protects individuals from dangerous conditions on both private and public property. Depending on your relationship, the property owner...

If you get injured in a car accident with a commercial truck driver, can you sue the company that employs them? If a nurse at a medical practice fails to prep you properly and you get injured during a procedure, can you hold the whole practice accountable? The answer is yes, depending on the facts of your case. Under the legal rule of vicarious liability, employers can be held financially responsible for the actions of their employees. Even parents could be held legally responsible for...

Recently, attorney Gabriel Sepulveda-Sanchez appeared on Court TV to discuss the murder case where Brandon Castiglione allegedly fatally shot Luis Garcia, a pastor of New England Pentecostal Ministries Church in the neck on October 1, 2019. Garcia was found at Castiglione’s home at the time of his death. Castiglione, who’s now 29, is charged with second-degree murder and also charged with one count of recklessly causing Garcia’s death. He has pleaded not guilty and has been behind bars since his arrest in October 2019. The...

So much is out of your control when you’re a passenger in a rideshare service like Uber or Lyft. And yet, you can still get seriously injured in a rideshare accident. Recent studies have found that while rideshare services like Uber and Lyft have decreased DUI incidents by 20%, they've also increased car accident fatalities on roads across the United States by 3% since they hit the market. Why? Because rideshare services ultimately result in greater traffic congestion – which leads to a higher likelihood...

Delivery drivers must deal with California traffic so customers can enjoy the convenience of food and groceries showing up at their front door. Even though becoming a delivery driver for companies like Doordash or Grubhub may be a simple process, the job itself is far from easy. For one, most deliveries happen at peak times of the day or night, when you have to fight through rush hour or navigate congested streets. On weekend nights, you’re more likely to be on the road with others...

In this episode, Gabriel travels across the country and speaks with Argilio Rodriguez, a law firm founder with a stellar record representing businesses in high-stakes employment defense, commercial litigation, and liquor licensing in New York City. The two Syracuse alumni discuss asset protection, cannabis licensing, partnership disputes, and Argilio’s new Mexico City office. It never hurts for lawyers to supplement their legal education with additional knowledge outside the law. For Argilio, that meant taking classes at Syracuse Business School’s Whitman School of Management while he...

When you use a product as intended, you expect it to work as advertised. Any product you buy in the U.S. must meet certain safety requirements and have proper safety warnings. But some products may have defects that pose a danger to consumers even when used correctly. Some product defects may be harmless, but others can cause significant harm in the form of property damage, personal injury, and even wrongful death. This is especially true when you consider the types of lifesaving products that people...

When people think of bus-related injuries, bus accidents usually come to mind. Because of their size and mass, buses can do major damage if they get into a crash with other vehicles on the road. And in a bus accident, passengers inside the bus could suffer significant injuries – especially if they’re standing up or the seats have no seatbelts. But even without a bus accident, passengers can get injured if they slip and fall while riding the bus. This could happen if the bus...