If you or someone you love has suffered an injury or wrongful death
because of a drunk driving accident, our Tampa Bay Pedestrian Accident Lawyers at Whittel & Melton will fight for your rights and aggressively pursue the damages you deserve.
As an auto accident attorney, David Christensen has seen far too many people suffer
because of a drunk driving accident.
Not exact matches
A friend
of mine got in a car
accident because of sleep dep — it was minor luckily, no one hurt, but I have heard that
driving while sleep deprived is pretty close to
driving drunk.
This is akin to suggesting that
because some parents
drive drunk with their infants in their cars, unstrapped into car seats, and
because some
of these babies die in car
accidents that nobody can
drive with babies in their cars
because obviously car transportation for infants is fatal.
Motor vehicle
accidents like car
accidents and truck
accidents are another major form
of personal injury, so if you were injured in an
accident because of a negligent driver, such as a
drunk driving accident, then we can help you file a personal injury claim.
Most
of the time, the blame on
drunk driving accidents are naturally put into the one who consumed alcohol
because a
drunk driver has less focus and concentration on the road and has a greater tendency to not notice other vehicles and are less wary
of the traffic signs.
We take
drunk driving accidents very seriously on behalf
of our clients
because not only did the
drunk driver act in a way that caused serious harm to you, but the
drunk driver also engaged in criminal activity that was in violation
of the law.
Because of all
of these factors, punishments for a
drunk driving accident in Indiana are very harsh.
If you have been in a car
accident because of someone who was
drinking and
driving, you could be entitled to compensation.
Many times, these types
of hit and run
accidents involve
drunk drivers who flee the scene
of the
accident so that they are not arrested for
drunk driving or
because they do not realize that they have been involved in an
accident because they are so inebriated.
Because of the nature
of drunk driving (the driver chose to
drink and then put others at risk by
driving), the state allows double or treble damages in
drunk driving accident lawsuits.
These
accidents are distressing to attorneys and to those in the community
because there is never a need for a
drunk driving crash to occur, meaning that the victims
of these
accidents should never have been hurt in the first place.
Because of this, our Macon
drunk driving accident attorneys work tirelessly to hold
drunk drivers accountable for their actions.
If you have been severely injured or a family member has been killed
because of a senseless
drunk driving accident, you are not alone.
If you are at fault, get a ticket for a serious violation (i.e.
drunk driving), or are involved in an
accident that racks up expensive property damage (i.e. crashing into a tree), your rates may increase at the time
of renewing your policy
because you will be categorized into another higher risk group
of people who have recently been in an
accident.
However
because these people think they can
drive, they either caused
accidents or died or they damaged road infrastructure as a result
of drunk driving.