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Alcohol-Related Car Accidents

Holding Drunk Drivers and Bars Responsible for Death and Injury Caused by Alcohol-Related Traffic Accidents

Despite the lowering of the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit from .10 to .08 and increased enforcement of DUI laws, innocent victims continue to be injured and killed in alcohol-related car accidents in Georgia and across the country.

If you were injured or a loved one was killed by a drunk driver, you deserve compensation. Unfortunately, drunk drivers often have little or no insurance available to compensate for your medical expenses, loss of income, pain, suffering, and other damages. In cases of wrongful death, there may not be enough coverage to pay for the funeral, let alone compensate the surviving family members for the loss of their loved one.

Contact us online or call us toll free at 1.800.242.2962 to schedule a free consultation with a personal injury and wrongful death lawyer. Our nationally recognized attorneys have obtained many millions of dollars for our clients in personal injury and wrongful death verdicts and settlements.

At Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, we provide compassionate, yet aggressive, representation to victims of alcohol-related car accidents. Our firm knows how to hold drunk drivers responsible for their carelessness. We know how to recover benefits from the injured person's own uninsured or underinsured motorist insurance coverage, when available.

Dram Shop and Liquor Liability Claims in Drunk Driving Accidents

We also know how to seek additional compensation from irresponsible bar owners who serve alcohol to intoxicated customers. Georgia's Dram Shop Act provides that a bar, tavern, restaurant or other business that sells alcohol may be responsible for injuries caused by a drunk driver, if they

Knowingly sell, furnish or serve alcoholic beverages to a person who is in a noticeable state of intoxication, knowing that such person will soon be driving a motor vehicle.

You may be entitled to recover damages against a business or person that served or sold alcohol to the drunk driver who caused your accident. Your ability to recover damages depends on the facts of your case. Our firm has successfully litigated and settled several dram shop cases.

Recovering for Serious Injuries Caused by Drunk Driving Accidents

Alcohol-related car accidents are usually serious. Drunk drivers cause head-on collisions when they cross the median or get on the highway going the wrong way. They knock down pedestrians who are crossing the street at intersections. Their vehicles roll over and injure passengers when they run off the road.

These serious accidents cause needless death and catastrophic, life-changing injuries, including brain injuries, back and neck injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputation, broken bones and serious burns.

Please contact us if you or your loved one has been injured because of drunk driving to see if there is a possibility of recovering damages from the business or person who served the alcohol consumed by the drunk driver. We will investigate every possible source of compensation for serious injuries and deaths caused by alcohol-related car accidents.
Success Stories

$17,716,401 Verdict / Auto Product Liability / Ford Explorer Rear Restraint System / Lap Only Seat Belt

12/18/2009 Wheeler v. Ford Motor Company, et al., State Court, Clayton County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs Lynn and Douglas Wheeler won their design defect and failure to warn claims against Ford Motor Company relating to the 2002 Ford Explorer. On Christmas morning 2005, 58 year old Lynn Wheeler was on her way to church with her family. Lynn Wheeler was seated in the rear center seat of her son’s 2002 Ford Explorer, wearing the lap-only seat belt Ford installed for that seating position. Two of Lynn Wheeler’s grandchildren were in child seats on either side of her. As they entered a curve on Noah’s Ark Road, a 2-door Eagle Talon coupe driven by John C. Stanley crossed the centerline and struck the Explorer head-on.

$5,470,000 Verdict/Wrongful Death

10/23/09 Pitts v. A&G Trucking. Inc., et al., State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs, four minor children, recovered for the death of their father, who was killed by a dump truck driver while the decedent was working as a "spotter" or "flag man" on the runway expansion at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. According to eye-witnesses, the driver of the dump truck was talking on her cell phone or CB radio and was given a stop signal by the deceased.

$45,000,000 Settlement | Credit Insurance/Consumer Rights Class Action

10/31/07 Toole v. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company, Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia

Plaintiff Toole represented a class of people who prepaid J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company premiums for credit life and disability insurance policies when they purchased vehicles. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company contractually promised to refund any unearned premium if class members paid off the insured loans before the five-year term had expired, but failed to do so when they paid off the insured loans early.

$105,500,000 Verdict | Defective Automobile

11/23/04 Flax v. Daimler Chrysler Corporation and Louis A. Stockell, Jr., Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee

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With offices in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, the attorneys at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP represent the seriously injured throughout Georgia, including the cities of Atlanta, Columbus, Marietta, Smyrna, Roswell, Gainesville, Peachtree City, Forest Park, Riverdale, Lagrange, Macon, and Savannah. Our lawyers have handled accident and defective product claims nationwide, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.