Drunk Driving
How Can You Protect Your Legal Rights After Being Hit by a Drunk Driver?
Being hit by a drunk driver can be devastating. Unfortunately, drunk driving accidents are quite common in the United States of America. According to the NHTSA, almost 40 people lose their lives in the U.S. in drunk-driving accidents daily. In 2022 alone, over 13,500 people were killed in drunk-driving crashes. Hundreds of thousands of… Read More »
What You Should Do if You Encounter a Drunk Driver
According to an article in the Palm Beach Post, a Florida man recently struck and killed an elderly man who was doing yard work. The intoxicated driver was driving a pickup truck off of Glenwood Avenue with a blood alcohol level that was two times the legal limit. In contrast to this tragic event,… Read More »
Social Liability for Alcohol-Related Injuries and Deaths
In September 2017, Spencer Hight got drunk and then walked into his estranged wife’s house in Plano, Texas, where a group of people were watching football. He killed eight people before being taken down by police. The families of three of the victims recently filed a lawsuit against the bar that Hight patronized twice… Read More »
Drunk Driving Statistics and Examples
Driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol is one of the most dangerous things a driver can do. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), an organization founded by a mother whose daughter was killed by a drunk driver, two in three people will be involved in a DUI accident during their… Read More »
21-year-Old National Guardsman Killed By Red Light Runner
A 21-year-old man who just came back from a tour with the National Guard was recently killed in Jacksonville after a man driving a Ford Mustang allegedly ran a red light. The victim was delivering pizza just after midnight when his vehicle was struck while trying to make a left turn onto Kernan Boulevard… Read More »
Alcohol-Related Accidents
A large majority of the injuries that occur on Florida roadways are a result of accidents caused by the momentarily negligent operation of a vehicle. Other times, injuries are the result of the reckless behavior of impaired drivers. When a driver abuses alcohol and gets behind the wheel of a car the results can… Read More »
Tampa Facing Growing Problem with Wrong Way Drivers
The Tampa Police Department stated that one of their own officers is the latest in a string of drunken driving incidents where the driver was also going the wrong way down the road. Police arrested Officer Anton Lipinski, 32, in the early morning hours last week after he crashed his car and failed sobriety… Read More »
