Injured in an oklahoma dui accident? our attorneys can help

Every day, 28 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This is one death every 51 minutes. The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $44 billion.

Accidents and fatalities resulting from an individual driving under the influence can easily be avoided if people simply make better choices and do not get behind the wheel. An Oklahoma car accident involving the death of a person is a matter of deep grief and disbelief on account of its suddenness. When the accident occurs due to no fault of the bereaved person but because the driver was under the influence of alcohol and has managed to escape with a few scars the situation takes on a confrontational mode. Incensed at the at-fault driver the loved one’s family is not only grieving but is enraged as well. And rightly so. Whether a person was negligent, acting recklessly, directly or indirectly causing harm – the fact remains that they contributed to your loved one’s death. If you or a loved one has been the victim of a drunk driving accident and has sustained injury or even death, you deserve to receive fair compensation and justice. Oklahoma City Law firm, Burton Law Group, P.C. recommends retaining the services of an experienced wrongful death attorney to assist you in recovering compensation should you pursue justice, uncovering every bit of liability for the death of your loved one. Drunk driving car crash lawsuits can be deceptively complicated for injury victims to win.

Proving the Crash was a result of Alcohol intake

First and foremost the law requires concrete proof that the at-fault driver was really under the influence of alcohol during the hit and was not in a position to drive. The law will deem punitive actions on the at-fault driver in the by way of compensation for the expenses and losses of others only if it is proved that it was alcohol that resulted in the driver driving in a reckless and negligent manner. The smell of alcohol or even proof that the driver consumed some alcohol before the crash is insufficient to prove the driver was "drunk." The jury is looking for substantial evidence from the Oklahoma City car accident lawyer.

A criminal persuasion in which the driver’s breath or blood alcohol level was actually tested and found to be over the legal limit by a hospital or a law enforcement agency

Admissions made by the at-fault driver to others that he knew he was too drunk to drive

Others must also be made responsible for the drunken driving

Sometimes the restaurant or pub where the drunken driver had consumed his alcohol may also be accountable for the injuries you or your loved one suffered under "dram shop laws". These laws impose compensatory damage as a result of the drunk driving crash on an establishment that continues to serve alcohol in excess to another, or who provides alcohol to a person who is obviously under the influence. Oklahoma has not passed such dram shop laws so the ability of Oklahoma City car accident lawyers to bring suit against social hosts and establishments that serve alcohol will be based on previous judicial decisions which make a drunk driving injury or death case more complicated to win.

Call Burton Law Group, P.C for Expert Representation

Burton Law Group can provide the legal guidance and representation your family needs at this difficult time, and our Oklahoma car accident lawyers will work hard to expose and prove the actions of others that contributed to your loved one’s passing demise or injury.

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