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Imagine you are texting a friend, and you know your friend is driving a car while responding to your text messages.  Your friend causes a car crash and injures the other driver.  Can you be held responsible for the other driver’s injuries because your text messages may have distracted your friend and caused the accident? A New York appeals court recently considered that very question, and ruled that the person who texted the driver (who then caused the accident) cannot be held [...]

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When dealing with legal matters, it’s sometimes difficult to know at what point to look for a legal expert to handle your case. For those who are comfortable with legal knowledge and negotiating for themselves, it may be possible to self-represent. However, there are always risks that one takes when representing themselves. For most all cases, there comes a point when it is best to step back, and let an expert help you out.   You should consider hiring an expert workers’ [...]

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