Sentences with phrase «punish drunk drivers»

Although the criminal courts have the authority to punish drunk drivers, they don't have the ability to compensate... Read More

We use punitive damages to punish drunk drivers, willfully negligent corporations, and grossly negligent businesses for their outrageous behavior.

Punitive damages are designed to punish the drunk driver and to deter him or her from driving under the influence in the future.

The sole purpose of punitive damages is to punish the drunk driver for such dangerous conduct, and to act as a deterrent to similar conduct in the future.

While the criminal justice system will likely punish that drunk driver, it won't compensate you or your family for the cost of your injuries and suffering.

At Cope, Zebro & Crawford, P.L., our legal team places an emphasis on maximizing client recovery and punishing drunk drivers with punitive damages.

If the idea is to punish the drunk driver, why should the injury victim receive a «windfall?»

Not exact matches

Drunk driving laws serve to punish impaired drivers who cause accidents, but criminal laws do nothing to compensate victims who are injured in drunk driving accidents.

While it is the role of criminal courts to punish the negligent driver responsible for the accident by revoking their license, issuing fines and even sentencing the drunk driver to jail or prison time, these rulings do nothing to compensate victims and their families for injuries and damages.

Legal Reason: Georgia law allows a party injured by a drunk driver to seek punitive damages to punish the reckless behavior.

Justice must be served, and although the drunk driver will likely be arrested and charged and will be punished through the criminal justice system, the civil court system is where compensation can be pursued in a lawsuit.

And, to make sure the drunk driver is properly punished so no one else gets hurt.

The law does not punish those who are in the same vehicle as the drunk driver but rather treats all injury victims the same.

Juries tend to want to punish drunk driving conduct, and thus judgments may be larger than normal in cases involving drunk drivers.

In the case of drunk driving, a jury might also award you punitive damages to punish the driver for such reckless behavior.

As our personal injury lawyers know, prosecutors (representing the government) will manage the criminal case against the drunken driver; their goals of landing a conviction and making sure that the drunk driver is punished appropriately are intended to protect society as a whole.

The law allows victims of a drunk driving accident to recover even more damages: «punitive damages» which are solely designed to punish the at - fault driver.