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Critical Safety Programs in California Affected by Senate Filibuster

March 2nd, 2010

California injury lawyers will be particularly concerned about how the cutbacks and furloughs at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will impact critical programs that involve reducing drunk driving crash fatalities and curbing distracted driving.

Up to 2,000 federal transportation employees have been furloughed without pay after a measure extending unemployment benefits to them was blocked in Congress. The employees belong to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and the Research and Innovative Technology Administration. The Department of Transportation has issued a statement saying that it has been forced to furlough the workers, because of a political impasse that prevented a measure from being passed in the Senate. The measure would have extended unemployment benefits, as well as highway safety funds to states.

California motorcycle accident lawyers will also be very concerned at how these political games going on in the nation’s capital, impact the safety of motorcyclists and motorists. The programs that will be impacted because of these layoffs also include those related to motorcycle crash prevention. Motorcycle safety in particular, has been a high priority issue for several state and local enforcement agencies in California. That’s because of a steadily increasing rate of motorcycle accident fatalities not just in California, but across the country. Over the past few years, motorcycle fatality rates have risen, even as death rates in other accidents have declined. In a situation that this, to cut funding that would help step up and maintain motorcycle safety programs in California, is extremely harsh and uncalled for.

According to the Transportation Department, federal reimbursements for highway safety programs will also be impacted. This means that the daily payouts that the federal administration makes to states to help with highway safety programs, have now been effectively blocked, with no news of when these will resume. Kentucky Sen. Republican Jim Bunning is being blamed for the impasse in the Senate. This week, Bunning voted to block the passage of a bill that would extend federal highway programs, which had expired on Sunday. According to Bunning, extending the programs would have amounted to a cost of $10 billion which would add to the already large budget deficit. The bill was blocked, and approximately 2000 workers from the Departed the Translation were furloughed this week.

It is extremely unfortunate that political games and one-upmanship seems to be taking precedence over the safety of American motorists. It doesn’t seem likely that this impasse will last. However, this incident must be taken as an indication of the need for our lawmakers to vote unanimously to increase the safety of the American motorist. It is also time to bring attention to the problem of funding that several of our transportation agencies face. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is facing a severe cash crunch, and the Obama administration has already recommended further cuts in funding for the agency.

The NHTSA already has a threadbare budget with which it is supposed to conduct important life-saving accident prevention programs, relating to drunk driving, distracted driving and motorcycle crash prevention among others.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of auto accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.

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Ventura County Drunk Driving Accident Trial Under Way

July 1st, 2009

A 23-year-old man is on trial in Ventura County on murder charges related to an alcohol-linked car accident that occurred in 2006.

On October 28th that year, Lester Varnum allegedly drove a truck into two men one of whom was killed. David Sosa died in the collision while Felipe Arujo was injured. Arujo has testified that Varnum was driving the car that slammed into him and Sosa. According to Arujo’s testimony he, Varnum, Sosa and another man called Noe Lopez were drinking at the restaurant where they worked after it had closed for the night. Varnum was intoxicated, and the three men decided to drive him home. They dropped Varnum outside his front door but he was unable to get into the house because nobody was home. Apparently, the men then decided that Lopez would drive Sosa and Arujo home, and would return the truck back to Varnum the next day.

When the three got back into the truck, Varnum flew into a rage. According to Arujo, the inebriated man believed that the three were trying to steal his truck. Varnum pulled open the door of the truck and in a fit of rage, dragged Lopez out. The two began to fight. When Varnum was finally overpowered, the three began to walk back home, leaving Varnum and his truck behind. Varnum didn’t let the matter rest there. He got back into the truck and drove after the three men. According to Arujo, he and Sosa began to run but they couldn’t outrun the truck. Varnum slammed the truck into Sosa and Arujo. Sosa died instantly.

Varnum is claiming a head injury that caused him to lose consciousness and strike his car against the two men. His attorney insists that his client was kicked in the head by Lopez during the fight, and lost consciousness for a while. Apparently, he was not aware of his actions when he ran over Sosa. According to the attorney, he was not conscious even though he “appeared to be functional.”

Varnum has his rights to his defense, however, this seems like a case of road rage gone horribly far. Road rage can be defined as aggressive driving by a motorist that can cause harm to other motorists. It can run the gamut from cursing and yelling at other motorists and making rude gestures at them, to trying to run a driver off the road, cutting them off unexpectedly and other potentially dangerous behaviors.

A driver in the throes of road rage may slam on the brakes suddenly, causing a motorist behind them to crash into their vehicle. Every year, there are hundreds and thousands of instances where motorists lose their cool on the road attempting to take out their frustrations on fellow motorists. Taken to the extreme, road rage can lead to severe injuries and even fatalities. Pedestrians and bicyclists seem to be the focus of road rage-related accidents more frequently than drivers of other vehicles.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of drunk driving accident. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.

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Man Sentenced to Four years in Lake County Drunk Driving Accident

January 29th, 2009

A Lake County man has been sentenced to four years in prison for his part in an alcohol-related car accident that killed his passenger. Sean Thomas Selig pleaded guilty to felony gross vehicular manslaughter and fleeing the scene of a crash in the accident on October 6, 2004 that killed Samuel Adrian Solario.

On the day of the crash, the two young men were traveling together in a car in Upper Lake. They had just finished having a round of drinks at a pub, as testified later by witnesses, and Selig was driving. When the car overturned, Selig escaped without major injuries. He fled the scene of the accident leaving Solario at the crash site. Solario later died at the scene. Selig then went to a friend’s house and stayed the night there. He never mentioned the accident to anyone. When police later arrested him, he told them that he had blacked out from the alcohol, and had forgotten whatever happened the day of the crash. When Solario’s parents confronted him the day after the crash to ask about their son, he lied and said that he had been a passenger, and Solario was the one who had actually been driving. That was the story he told police officers too. According to him, he had escaped injuries because he had been ejected out of the driver’s window although he claimed to have been riding in the passenger seat. Police obviously found that story too hard to believe. Conviction and sentencing for Selig have come after four long years.

While a criminal court can hold a person responsible for violations of state laws and can punish him for these, the outcome of such a lawsuit does nothing to comfort those whose lives have been turned upside down by the accident. A victim in an accident may be burdened by heavy expenses to pay for his medical bills, hospitalization expenses, medication expenses, as well as any physical therapy and rehabilitation expenses that may be necessary. Besides, he may have to miss several days from work, and that will further affect these finances at an already delicate time. People who have been injured in an accident often have very little time to think about their situation because they are so worried about meeting the costs of expensive medical treatment. These expenses may not end once the person returns home from the hospital. There may be the need for long-term rehabilitation expenses, as well as future medical expenses for any complications that may arise in the months and even years ahead. All these have to be accounted for to be included in a claim to be made against the motorist whose negligence caused the accident.

Besides compensatory damages, a civil claim in an accident may also include damages for other losses that include pain and suffering that the victim has undergone, anguish, loss of consortium etc. In the case of death of a child, a parent may be able to claim for loss of the “services” of a child. These damages will be calculated by a California car accident attorney, adding up to a full value for a claim.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of drunk driving accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

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Chula Vista Enforces Crackdown on Drunk Driving

January 26th, 2009

A $525,000 grant issued to the Chula Vista Police Department will be used to enact greater enforcement of anti-drunk driving programs at all levels, which may ultimately contribute to a decrease in the number of alcohol-related accidents in the city.

The District Attorney’s office will assign an attorney to the South Bay Court who will spend 2 years stringently prosecuting drunk drivers in Chula Vista. Attorney Cally Bright will focus especially on repeat offenders, as well as drunk drivers who cause accidents that result in property damage, serious injuries or deaths. Bright confirmed that her aim will be to prosecute these drunk driving accident cases in an aggressive manner to bring about a reduction in repeat offenses.

Bright’s role is just one part of a multi-pronged initiative that includes other law enforcement agencies who will be collaborating to crack down on drunk driving. These agencies include the police departments of Coronado, Chula Vista, National City, and San Diego. The efforts will also include the California Highway Patrol and the San Diego County Sheriff’s department. These agencies will set up additional drunk driving check points, as well as saturation patrols, and will be looking to arrest large numbers of drunk drivers for Bright to prosecute. They will also crackdown on drunk drivers who have had warrants for their arrest and who have failed to appear in court.

The grant has been issued by the state Office of Traffic Safety and has been issued to help fight the menace of repeat drunk driving. The initiative to combine the efforts of a full-time prosecutor to handle drunk driving cases, with additional efforts by law enforcement agencies has been successfully executed in Tulare County. According to the chief of the Chula Vista Police Department, there is an urgent need for a similar combination of legal and law enforcement efforts to bring about greater changes in the reduction of drunk driving offenses.

Officers in the South Bay arrest about 800 to 900 people every year for drunk driving, and this places a huge strain on the District Attorney’s office as well as the courts. Like so many other cities in California, Chula Vista has a greater number of repeat drunk driving offenders. An offender may drive in an intoxicated state dozens of times in a year before he is finally arrested. It is this category of people that the new anti-drunk driving program plans to target. The program will also focus on anti-drunk driving education. Bright has plans to involve businesses and high schools in the program to drive home the strong message that drinking and driving simply don’t mix. Not everyone in the police department is convinced that an education program will do a lot to keep drunk driving in check. Most people are aware that drunk driving can cause serious accidents, but drive intoxicated anyway. Chula Vista police will be looking to see the results of the program.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of drunk driving accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

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Alpine Bicycle Accident Motorist Admitted He had been Drunk for Days, Cops Say

January 23rd, 2009

Witnesses have testified in court that a motorist charged with striking and killing a bicyclist in Alpine, California, admitted to them that he had been drinking for at least a week or five days before the crash.

Travis Chris Weber reportedly told police officers at the scene of the accident that he had been drinking for at least five days before the accident or maybe even more, and that he could remember drinking two half pints of vodka before setting off in his truck from Campo to el Cajon, but couldn’t remember much of what had happened on the way.

When Weber was arrested after the crash in December that killed bicyclist Edward Costa, his blood alcohol level was .19, which is above the .08 legal limit for alcohol. He was arrested, and police officers at the time said they found him extremely intoxicated. A search of the truck after the accident revealed several open as well as unopened bottles of alcohol. Weber has had other drunk driving convictions before, two of them in San Diego County and one in New York. Just before the accident that killed Costa, he had apparently crashed into another vehicle, and had scared the driver of that car with his incoherent, aggressive behavior.

How this man was able to be out and driving around freely after these drunk driving convictions is unexplained. It’s also not known where he purchased the alcohol. Considering that he told police officers that he had been too drunk to remember what had happened that day, it’s obvious that owners of the establishment or the vendor that sold him the alcohol should also have been able to notice the level of his intoxication.

Dram shop liability laws might seemed extreme to some, who don’t understand why a pub or bar should have to take responsibility for an accident that a person caused after he has purchased or drunk alcohol at their establishment. Many states have Dram Shop laws that can be used to hold owners of pubs, bars, restaurants, and other establishments, accountable for any injuries caused in an accident when a person who is obviously intoxicated is served alcohol at that establishment. Establishment owners have a responsibility to refuse to serve an intoxicated motorist who arrives at their establishment. Vendors must refuse to sell alcohol to a drunk motorist.

These drinking establishments are just one cog in a large wheel of parties who have the responsibility to do their part in preventing a drunken driving accident. Police officers who let a drunk driver get through a checkpoint are also liable to face civil action if they had the opportunity to arrest the driver and keep him off the road, but they let him drive on anyway. These are all measures that are taken to deter people from inadvertently contributing to drunk diving accidents which are the some of the most devastating accidents caused every year.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of drunk driving accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

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Petaluma Teenager Faces Manslaughter Charges After Car Accident

January 22nd, 2009

A 17-year-old boy from Petaluma is facing charges of manslaughter and driving under the influence after a drunk driving and speeding-related accident that killed one of his passengers.

The teenager, who has not been identified because he is a minor, was driving a Toyota Tundra, with two passengers, 18-year-old Kristina Bricker and 19-year-old Ryan Snow. The driver was speeding at about 70 miles per hour, and failed to stop at stop sign. He lost control of the car when he drove off the side of the road and crashed into a power pole. The car overturned several times before coming to a stop. Bricker was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from her seat. She was taken to the hospital where she died from injuries sustained in the car accident. Snow suffered minor injuries in the accident. The driver of the car suffered a bump on the head. He was given a field sobriety test and arrested for DUI and manslaughter.

The accident, officers say, seems to have been caused by a deadly combination of speed and alcohol. The three friends were apparently returning from a party that had begun at midnight and lasted until 2 am. Officers say more could be in store for the drunk driver.

Driving drunk is a bad idea in itself, but add speeding to the mix and you have a sure-fire recipe for a serious and fatality causing accident. Law enforcement officers and car accident lawyers who frequently see the results that speed and alcohol can have on a driver’s judgment and ability to take reflexive and quick decisions, will tell you that a combination of both factors can cause deadly consequences. The kind of injuries that can result from a devastating accident like this can include head and brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations, severed limbs, as well as other catastrophic injuries.

This accident also reminds us of how important it is to belt up when you’re in a car. Bricker might have had a chance at survival if she had been wearing her seat belt. In the absence of seat belt restraints, she was thrown out of the car when it overturned leaving her with devastating fatal injuries. Both Snow and the driver of the car were wearing seatbelts and escaped with minor injuries.

The young people here seem to have broken just about every rule of safe driving out there – not drinking, staying within the speed limit, and always wearing a seat belt.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of drunk driving accident. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

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Marysville Teenager Dead in Alcohol Related Car Accident

January 15th, 2009

In yet another instance of how far we still need to go to make sure that drunk drivers are off the streets and behind bars, a Marysville teenager has died after a car accident caused by a drunk driver. According to Sacbee.com, Danielle Woodruff was apparently on her way to a birthday party in Halwood when 50-year-old Lorenzo Flores, who was coming in the opposite direction, crossed the center divider and crashed into her car. The impact sent Flores’ Mercury rolling over and it ended on its top. Both Flores and Woodruff sustained severe injuries, and were rushed to the hospital where Woodruff later died. Flores has suffered a broken femur, and has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving.

At 50, you would expect Lorenzo Flores to know better than to drive in an intoxicated state. As often happens in such cases, the innocent victim who did nothing wrong has been forced to pay for the mistakes of a drunk driver. For the Woodruff family, this is undoubtedly the worst time of their lives and we hope that they have the courage to bear their grave loss.

California has some of the strongest laws in the country against drunk driving, but in cases like this, it’s safe to wonder if these laws are enough. As the negligent party in this accident, Flores holds full and complete responsibility for this accident, and will deserve everything that is coming his way in criminal court. Besides criminal litigation, there are other ways that courts allow a victim to hold a person responsible for wrongful death, and that is to pursue civil claims against him.

California fortunately has solid laws that protect victims of drunk drivers, and help them obtain compensation in the event of a drunk driving accident. In many states, claims can be filed not just against the driver who was responsible for the accident under the influence of alcohol, but also against third parties that may have been responsible for his being behind the wheel in an intoxicated state. Many states have Dram Shop liability laws to protect accident victims. Under these laws, a drinking establishment like a pub or bar can be held liable if it can be proved that they continued to serve alcohol to a patron even after it was obvious that he was drunk, and that they let him go back on the road in an intoxicated state.

Compensation in the event of the death of a loved one always evokes mixed feelings. Even though economists will be able to technically evaluate a person’s value in your life, in reality there is no compensation for the loss of a child. Even, so, filing a wrongful death lawsuit with the help of a car accident lawyer can make sure that other motorists will be protected from the actions of the drunken driver.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of drunk driving accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

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Suspected Drunk Driving Car Accident Kills Two In Fullerton

January 12th, 2009

A suspected alcohol-related car accident in Fullerton has killed two people. The driver and one of the passengers escaped with serious injuries. According to the Orange County Register, the car was traveling on the southbound freeway when the driver lost control of the vehicle. It went over an embankment, and crashed into a tree. The impact caused the car to burst into flames. The driver and one of the passengers made it out of the car, and ran to a nearby strawberry field from where they called for medical help. Two other passengers in the car were killed in the crash, their bodies burnt badly in the fire.

The driver has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, and the passenger too has been arrested. From visuals of the horribly mangled and burned car, it seems like this driver must have been speeding, besides being under the influence of alcohol. Police officers present at the scene of the crash admitted that it was one of the worst crash scenes they had ever seen. The car seems to have been badly wrecked even before the flames got to it and finished the damage. It’s miraculous that the driver and another passenger survived, but sadly, two other passengers have perished in this accident. The unidentified driver is reported to be in critical condition.

The accident is still under investigation, and we won’t know all facts for a few weeks at the very least. But if speeding and alcohol combined played a part in this accident, then it won’t be the first time that a terribly devastating crash has occurred because of the deadly combination. Alcohol on its own, even when just enough to give you a buzz, can hamper your judgment, and make you take foolish risks that you wouldn’t normally take. The danger of a crash rises with every drink imbibed. Reflexes get progressively weaker and slower, and hand and body coordination, which plays an important role in safe driving, are impacted.

Adding to the impact of the alcohol on a person’s brain is the rush brought about by speeding. Alcohol and adrenaline are a deathly combination, as we have seen in many accidents. Driving at 95 miles per hour, with the pleasant buzz of alcohol coursing through your veins, it’s hard to spot that car, or see that tree or notice that pedestrian walking in the crosswalk, before it’s much too late. A combination of drinking and speeding can often be seen in the state of the car wrecks they result in.

The unidentified driver is reported to be in critical condition at the UCI Medical Center. He will have to live with the guilt of how his actions have taken the lives of his two friends who, judging by the wreck, never stood a chance. Making excuses for his behavior or shouting his remorse from the rooftop can do nothing to bring back the two men who have been killed in this accident. The families of the two passengers should seek the counsel of a California personal injury attorney who can answer questions about their rights in this drunk driving accident.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of drunk driving accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

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Fewer Drunk Driving Arrests, More Accident-Related Deaths This Holiday Season

January 5th, 2009

Now that the holiday season is well and truly behind us, sobering traffic accident statistics seem to suggest that the trend this year was a decrease in drunk driving arrests, but an increase in alcohol-related crash fatalities.

In Sacramento, California Highway Patrol officers arrested 106 people for drunk driving this holiday season, which ended on the 2nd of January. Last year, a total of 130 people had been arrested for drunk driving during the same period of time. However, the number of people dying in alcohol-related traffic collisions this year was higher than last year. Last year, the number of deaths were 15, while this year, it had increased to 19. The statistics in San Diego County told a similar story. CHP officers arrested 109 people this year on charges of drunk driving, as compared to 122 arrests last year. However, the number of accident-related fatalities was five, compared to 2 last year.

In Los Angeles County, the number of DUI arrests as well as fatalities were down during this holiday season compared to the same period last year. The number of drunk driving arrests last year was 316, and this year, the number had dropped sharply to 276. The number of deaths in alcohol-related accidents was three, compared to four last year.

In Monterrey County however, the number of drunk driving arrests this year was up by a whopping 82 percent compared to last year. The county saw a total of 153 arrests during the holiday season, as well as one fatality as a result of a drunk driving accident. The credit goes to stricter drunk driving enforcement across the county this season. There were more numbers of DUI checkpoints, as well as in-city patrols, and this seems to have helped keep drunk drivers off the streets, as well as fatalities low.

Across the state, drunk-driving arrests continued to drop while fatalities in many cases, rose. Overall in California, more than 1300 motorists were arrested for drunk driving, down from about more than 1500 arrests during the holiday season last year. 30 people died throughout the state in car crashes while last year, the number of deaths had been 26.

The Christmas holiday season which ends with New Years is the most traffic accident heavy season of the year. It’s not just the fact that the peak season lasts for well over a week, and that thousands of people find themselves on the roads on their way to meet family and friends, but also the fact that celebrations get progressively more raucous until New Year’s. Celebrating the arrival of a new year is seen as one of the most alcohol-heavy parties of the year, which explains the increased number of accidents. Unfortunately, it’s also the most stressful period of the year for law enforcement agencies who find themselves entrusted with the responsibility of making sure that auto accidents, injuries, and fatalities are all kept at a minimum.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of drunk driving accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

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San Diego County Motorist Killed in New Years' Car Accident

January 2nd, 2009

It’s been a horrible beginning to 2009 for the family of a San Marcos man who was killed in an alcohol-related car accident on New Years’ Day. Guadencio Reyes-Guaintana leaves behind a girlfriend and newborn baby girl.

The accident, the only fatality-causing one that occurred in San Diego County on New Years’ took place in Rancho Santa Fe. Guadencio Reyes-Guaintana was in a 2001 GMC Jimmy. He and his girlfriend had just welcomed a baby girl into their lives. Quintin Garza III, a 21-year-old Camp Pendleton Marine, and Oceanside resident, was following in a 2008 Dodge Caliber, and was under the influence of alcohol. Both cars veered off El Camino Real at La Orilla, and Garza’s Dodge Caliber landed on top of Reyes-Guaintana’s car. Reyes-Guaintana suffered severe injuries, and died at the scene of the accident. Garza was arrested at the scene on suspicion of drunk driving. He is being held on bail of $200,000, and is expected to be arraigned on the 5th of January.

What should have been a delightful year for a young couple is instead going to be one of heartache for the family. A newborn girl has been left fatherless even before she learned to recognize him. Our sympathies go out to Reyes-Guaintana ’s family during this tragic time.

New Year’s is the most alcohol-heavy celebration of the year, with large numbers of drunk driving accidents seen during this period. No matter what the time of the year or the circumstances, drunk driving is considered negligent driving behavior and comes with criminal and civil liability consequences. Unfortunately, criminal courts can hold a drunk driver liable for punishments that can include revoking of the driver’s driving privileges, fines or prison time, but they can’t do much to alleviate the pain and suffering of the victims in these accidents, who are often forced to bear heavy medical and hospital expenses as part of their recovery and rehabilitation.

In such cases, victims have the civil courts to turn to, to claim compensation for their suffering. In an alcohol-related car accident, it’s not just the drunk motorist who can be held liable for damages resulting out of the accident. A number of states, including California have what are called Dram Shop liability laws. According to these, an establishment that serves alcohol like a bar, pub, or restaurant can be held liable for any injuries resulting from an accident caused after their staff has served alcohol to an already intoxicated patron. In such cases, witnesses at the bar can testify that the establishment continued to serve him alcoholic beverages even when the motorist was visibly intoxicated. Even police officers who had the chance to stop a driver at a checkpoint, but let him slip away to cause an accident can be held liable under certain circumstances. Placing responsibility for the accident on a third party requires intensive investigative and evidentiary resources, and an expert Orange County drunk driving accident lawyer can help you build a case resulting in the compensation you deserve.

The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of drunk driving accident. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.

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