Bars, restaurants, liquor stores, and other businesses that serve alcohol are responsible for making sure that visitors to their establishments are not served alcoholic beverages to the point of intoxication. If a drunk driving accident occurs as a result of an intoxicated driver imbibing too much at an alcohol-serving business, that establishment may also be liable for the resulting damages; this rule is referred to as dram shop liability.
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Drunk driving is a serious problem that puts the lives of not only the intoxicated driver at risk but also the lives of anyone else on the road. Whenever someone is injured in a drunk driving accident, it’s important to know what your options for physical and financial recovery are. While it’s easy to assume that the District Attorney (DA) will hold the driver accountable for breaking the law and pursue your damages, it generally takes a...
Driving under the influence is notoriously dangerous, both for the driver themself and anyone else unlucky enough to share the road with them. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), one in three people is likely to be involved in a drunk driving collision on the road, with drunk driving accidents accounting for 28% of roadway fatalities. This is a significant percentage considering the many other causes...
Criminal negligence occurs when someone should reasonably have been aware of the dangers of their action yet acted anyway without regard for their own and others’ safety. In some states, criminal negligence may be referred to as recklessness. or the terms may be interchangeable. A jury may decide that a behavior or choice was criminally negligent when another person in the same situation would be more likely than not to have recognized and...
Being involved in a car accident and trying to recover from it both physically and financially is already a stressful and often complicated process, and can be even more so when the accident involved a rideshare or car service vehicle. Many residents of crowded cities prefer to use ridesharing services to get around rather than taking their own vehicles out on the road. While there are many benefits to ridesharing and car services, such as being...
After a collision, it is important for an investigation to be conducted into the cause of the accident as well as the surrounding situation. Although there is some evidence a car accident victim can potentially gather for themselves at the scene if they are not being treated at a hospital, there is a great deal more an attorney might have access to when conducting a car accident investigation on behalf of a client. Some areas that need to be...
After a collision, finances are an understandable concern with medical bills, rehabilitation costs, property damage, and pain and suffering damages to be accounted for. Understandably, it can be hard to estimate the value of a car accident case, and a variety of factors go into evaluating a collision victim’s potential compensation. The victim of a car accident might even wonder if filing a lawsuit is worth the hassle based on the compensation...
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), one in three people are likely to be involved in a drunk driving collision, with drunk driving accidents accounting for 28 percent of fatalities on the road. Even when a drunk driving collision does not result in deaths, it often involves massive damage to property and physical harm for both parties. If you find yourself involved in an accident with a drunk driver, it can be...