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According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2,597 people were killed in United States traffic accidents in December 2010. Of those, 775 deaths involved alcohol-impaired drivers. A 2006 study by the NHTSA estimated that there is one drunk driving fatality in the United States every 30 minutes. Georgia’s Driving Under the …

It depends on the specifics of your case, as well as which type of case to which you are referring. There are technically two types of cases that could take place for a DUI charge: criminal and civil.   In criminal court, the timeframe depends on whether there is a guilty plea. If the drunk …

You may have been driving home the night a drunk driver plowed into your car and you were rushed to the emergency room with serious injuries. After days or weeks in the hospital, now you finally are going home. Although you are glad to go home, you may be stressed and anxious about your new …

Two cases begin after the crash. Only one of them pays you. Getting hit by a drunk driver in Georgia starts a criminal prosecution, and that case belongs to the state rather than to you. Below, we explain what each case does, why an arrest guarantees you nothing, and why Georgia treats these claims differently …

If your loved one was injured in a Georgia drunk driving accident, he may suffer from PTSD in the months following the crash. PTSD is a psychological injury that occurs as a result of life-threatening trauma. Victims of PTSD relive or re-experience the trauma, avoid situations and people that remind them of the trauma, and …

Georgia DUI Accident Victims Understand How Emotional Damages Factor Into Gwinnett County Personal Injury Claim When a Duluth DUI victim sustains physical injuries from an auto accident, it is fairly easy to determine what the immediate and even long-term medical damages are. Medical professionals are unfortunately too experienced with Georiga DUI victims suffering broken bones, …

According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2,597 people were killed in United States traffic accidents in December 2010. Of those, 775 deaths involved alcohol-impaired drivers. A 2006 study by the NHTSA estimated that there is one drunk driving fatality in the United States every 30 minutes. Georgia’s Driving Under the …

According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 2,597 people were killed in United States traffic accidents in December 2010. Of those, 775 deaths involved alcohol-impaired drivers. A 2006 study by the NHTSA estimated that there is one drunk driving fatality in the United States every 30 minutes. Georgia’s Driving Under the …

Distracted driving causes many accidents on Georgia roads, but drunk driving remains an equally serious threat to motorists and pedestrians alike. Unfortunately, police officers continue to encounter drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs operating their vehicles dangerously. Even though officers arrest and cite many drunk drivers, another person always makes the wrong decision …

Drunk driving remains a leading cause of fatal accidents, with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reporting an increase in DUI-related fatalities from 9,865 in 2011 to 10,322 in 2013. According to the NHTSA, most fatal DUI accidents involve drivers with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.15 percent or higher—nearly twice the legal …

Under Georgia’s dram shop law, an establishment that serves alcohol can be held accountable for damages caused by its patrons. Club Blaze, an Atlanta strip club, has been ordered to pay $1.75 million to the family of a woman who died in a Douglas County DUI car crash in 2008. The accident occurred on the July 4th weekend. …

A Doraville police detective is dead after a wrong-way accident on I-20. The driver who caused the Dekalb County car crash was intoxicated. He had a history of DUI, including two arrests for Georgia DUI. The accident occurred on Monday, November 14 at about 2:30 a.m. Twenty-seven-year-old Robert Shane Wilson was driving west in an unmarked police …