Blog: DUI

Crash Video Evidence in Charlotte: Why It Disappears So Fast Charlotte has cameras almost everywhere. They sit on gas stations, apartment complexes, storefronts, doorbells, buses, and patrol cars. As a result, crash video evidence often exists for collisions that no witness saw clearly. Yet much of that footage vanishes before anyone asks for it. This …

Delivery vans, box trucks, and work pickups fill Charlotte’s roads every day. Most of those drivers are careful professionals. Occasionally, though, one gets behind the wheel impaired. A drunk delivery driver accident raises questions that an ordinary DUI crash does not. Who employed the driver? What did the company know? Which insurance applies? This article …

Many people take an Uber or Lyft precisely to avoid a drunk driving crash. Ironically, a rideshare DUI accident can still happen. A drunk driver may slam into your rideshare car. Less often, the rideshare driver may be the one who drank. Either way, the insurance picture turns complicated fast. This article explains the coverage …

A drunk driver takes something beyond the physical. Sleep, concentration, confidence behind the wheel, and the sense that the world is reasonably safe all take damage too. Georgia law recognizes emotional injuries alongside broken bones. Most victims never learn that, and many avoid counseling because they fear the insurance company will use it against them. …

After a drunk driver hurts you, the police file charges and a prosecutor takes over. Many victims assume that case will also cover their losses. Unfortunately, it usually does not. Understanding the criminal vs civil DUI case distinction helps you protect your recovery. The two cases run side by side, but they have different goals, …

Most injury claims pay you back for what you lost. Punitive damages in a DUI crash do something different. They punish the drunk driver and warn others against the same choice. North Carolina treats impaired drivers so seriously that it removes its usual cap on these awards. This article covers what punitive damages are, why …

A drunk driver hits you on the way home from a South End bar. Naturally, you expect the driver’s insurer to cover the damage. However, that policy may be far too small for a serious injury. Dram shop liability in North Carolina can add a second source of money: the business that served the alcohol. …

An adjuster tells you that you were partly at fault, so you get nothing. That line scares many Charlotte crash victims into walking away. Yet overcoming contributory negligence is often possible under North Carolina law. The rule is harsh, but it has limits, exceptions, and a burden the insurer must carry. This article explains what …

Coverage decides what a serious claim recovers. A HAZMAT truck accident often reaches insurance limits several times higher than an ordinary freight crash, because federal law demands it. Those loads also carry rules no other truck follows. Where the truck parked, which route it took, and who packaged the cargo can all become part of …

A driver with a long DUI history rarely carries real insurance. So negligent entrustment often decides whether an injured family recovers anything at all. Georgia asks a different question than the criminal court asks. Instead of measuring what the impaired driver deserves, it looks at who handed that person the keys. Below, we explain what …

A drunk driver’s arrest does nothing for your medical bills. Roswell DUI accident victims recover money through a separate civil claim, and that claim follows different rules than the prosecution. Most people learn this the hard way. They wait for the criminal case to finish, then discover that the check they expected was never part …

Most victims of impaired driving are strangers to the driver. In Georgia’s multi-vehicle alcohol-related crashes, state figures put 82 percent of those killed or seriously hurt in other vehicles or on foot. The remaining 18 percent were riding with the impaired driver. If you were a passenger of a drunk driver, your claim faces a …