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Texas Drunk Driving Attorney?

In 2006, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), an estimated 17,602 persons died in alcohol-related traffic crashes - an average of one every 30 minutes! MADD's research further indicates that alcohol-related deaths make up 41 percent of the total traffic fatalities in the United States. The economic costs resulting from drunk driver crashes are unbelievably high, both from out-of-pocket damages and human losses.

Frequently, however, the drunk driver has little or inadequate insurance coverage, which leaves no real ability to pay reasonable damages to his or her victim [this is especially true for those sentenced to jail as a result of the drunk driving charge]. In those cases, sometimes the drunk driver had been drinking excessively in a bar or club and it is occasionally possible to prosecute a case against the bar or club for serving excessive drinks to the driver after the driver was clearly intoxicated. It is important to quickly find a Texas personal injury attorney who has successfully prosecuted numerous cases involving drunk drivers and the bars and clubs where that drunk driver became intoxicated.

In cases where a drunk driver has caused serious personal injury or death, it is critical that the Texas personal injury attorney immediately begin an investigation into where the drunk driver had been drinking prior to the crash. The condition of the drunk driver in the eyes of the server is often hard to prove, therefore witnesses are essential in the investigation and development of the case. For these reasons, it is extremely important for the attorney to start the investigation as early as possible and in that regard it is best to contact the attorney of your choosing with substantial experience in these cases. An excellent resource for victims of drunk drivers and their families is Mothers Against Drunk Driving. You can access the MADD resources at www.madd.org.

If you or a loved one have been a victim of a drinking driver or drunk driver and need to prosecute a case for damages, call the Gregory S. Baumgartner in Houston, Texas, at (281) 587-1111 or (866) 758-4LAW (toll free).