Impaired Driver Accident Attorney

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.695 Cases involving drunk or distracted drivers are different for a variety of 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:09.135 reasons, but usually the most important is the fact that the at-fault driver is not 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:13.280 going to be willing to communicate with you or admit fault, 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:16.040 or sometimes not even have insurance. 00:00:16.240 --> 00:00:20.160 That makes those cases that much more difficult for that reason. 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:25.895 We regularly get calls from potential clients who have been involved with motor 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.095 vehicle accidents involving drunk or intoxicated drivers, 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:34.575 and one of the questions that they have is whether or not that claim or their 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:37.720 claim is worth more than a standard motor vehicle accident case. 00:00:38.080 --> 00:00:42.015 In response to that, I typically give my lawyerly answer of, 00:00:42.040 --> 00:00:46.600 "It depends." It depends on the facts of the case, what happened, what was said, 00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:48.120 what was known at the time. 00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:51.080 But for the mental, emotional trauma of being involved, 00:00:51.160 --> 00:00:53.575 that's harm that can receive compensation. 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:58.815 In proving a case or a motor vehicle accident case involving 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.735 a drunk or intoxicated driver, it's going to be treated in many respects 00:01:02.760 --> 00:01:05.240 the same as a standard motor vehicle accident case. 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:09.255 The most important things, though, are to ensure that police are called 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:13.375 immediately so they can respond, they can evaluate the impaired driver, 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:16.775 and hopefully get information that you can use in the pursuit of your 00:01:16.800 --> 00:01:17.800 civil claim against them. 00:01:17.825 --> 00:01:22.735 That's why it's also important to contact the attorneys at Cochran Douglas in short 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:26.160 order afterward so we can educate you on what the next steps are, 00:01:26.320 --> 00:01:29.360 what information can be obtained, and what we can do to help. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:32.040 There's two types of damages that you can request. 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:35.695 There's one, there's the special damages, or medical specials, typically 00:01:35.720 --> 00:01:37.280 associated with your medical bills. 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:40.255 But then there's also the second bucket that you can dip into, 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:42.160 which is called general damages. 00:01:42.520 --> 00:01:47.560 This is typically referred to as pain and suffering, the real life-altering impact 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:52.480 that impacts every aspect of your world, reality, your loved ones, 00:01:52.720 --> 00:01:55.680 and also the harm that you also deserve compensation for. 00:01:55.800 --> 00:01:59.615 What we're going to do is we're not only going to explore every legal avenue, 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:03.695 whether it's against the impaired driver, whether it's against the bar that served 00:02:03.720 --> 00:02:08.375 them that got them to that high level of impairment, we're going to unearth every 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:11.335 stone to ensure that you are fully compensated and receive full 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:12.240 justice for what happened.