Of the 36 accidents, 31 were caused by private cars, four by light motorcycles and one by a truck. Most of the accidents happened between 8pm and 4am, police said. Shanghai police stepped up their crackdown on drunk driving ...
It commonly comes into play in car accidents involving a company vehicle. Employers are vicariously liable for accidents caused by employees acting within the scope of their jobs. If an employee is authorized to drive a company car and is involved in a crash while on the clock, his or her ...
Accidents involving drunk driving typically go up around holiday weekends, as some people celebrate by overindulging in alcoholic beverages. Throughout the year, someone dies in a drunk drivingaccidentevery 51 minutes, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). During Labor Day weekend, the...
If you have been injured in an auto accident involving a drunk driver, are you aware of your legal options? Besides being eligible for compensation for injuries and accident-related costs, you may also be eligible to receive punitive damages. At the law firm of Rasmussen & Miner, we represen...
Provisional estimates indicate that the number of deaths in accidents involving drunk driving was over ten percent higher in 2000 than in 1999. Pedestrian casualties fell by two percent between 1999 and 2000 and the number of killed or seriously injured casualties was down three percent. In 2000,...
The equipment, which was donated to the Los Angeles Police Department, will be used mostly in cases--such as fatal crashes and accidents involving drunk driving--where a criminal prosecution is likely. The investigators agreed that it was about time the city’s traffic detectives entered the com...
Drunk driving accidents in Florida remain a significant concern, with increasing fatalities and a higher-than-average rate of intoxicated drivers on the road, prompting law enforcement to implement various strategies to address the issue. In DUI cases, whether involving drugs or alcohol, proving impai...
The number of accidents was down by 34.6 percent and deaths caused by drunk driving down by 45.5 percent from the same period last year, according the ministry. This sharp fall is attributed to a police campaign in May, when around 750,000 vehicles were stopped each day. Cases involving gov...
When traffic laws are violated, they can lead to motor vehicle accidents involving injuries or even death. When this happens, the person who committed the traffic violation may be held liable for damages through a traffic violation lawsuit.Intoxicated Driving Every 48 minutes, someone dies in a ...
They range from minor cases of deliberate damaging of things to much more serious offenses, such as caraccidentsinvolving drunk drivers or bank robberies but Florence has to report all of these violations from the thief who took typewriters from every unlock room in the dormitory to the thief wh...