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Title: If The Other Driver Was Drunk Does This Affect My Personal Injury Lawsuit


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Does the other driver being drunk
  • change my personal injury case?

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Change my personal injury case?
Finding the best legal professional is often
crucial in winning or losing a personal injury
suit. New Orleans Car Accident assist road injury
victims along with their families who require an
efficient bit of support in getting the best
assistance from the local legal courts. Drunk
driving accusations can be difficult to beat and
the law baffling. So it is always best to have a
proper legal representation.
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Change my personal injury case?
Road accident due to trucks, cars and various
vehicles can lead to several kinds of injuries,
which may result in fatalities also. Accidents
concerning drivers who were noticed to be drunk
at the wheel have been showing a rising increase
in the New Orleans Louisiana region. To guard the
interests of the naive motorists, the state of
Louisiana has put rigid actions, through
challenging laws, against mishaps regarding
driving drunk. These laws require large fees and
penalties, not just to dissuade drunk driving,
but to provide for protection for the victim also.
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Change my personal injury case?
Mishaps, specifically those induced due to drunk
driving bring in extra penalty charges, than
those not related to drunkenness.These damages
are past the normal compensation awarded for
medical support, loss of pay, pain and trauma.
These are known as punitive damages and their
only objective to award them is to stop someone
from practicing the same act once again later on.
Louisiana, is one such state, where punitive
damages towards driving drunk will be
accumulated, which isn't the situation in various
other states.
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Change my personal injury case?
Therefore the question commonly asked whether
does the other driver being drunk alter my
private injury lawsuit, the answer is yes! After
the motorist is confirmed to be a drunk,
something which is often accepted in an open
court, the complete onus of fault moves to the
driver. In this circumstance, the victim can
claim not just settlement and punitive damage,
but damages, if any, to his personal auto too.
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Change my personal injury case?
Gertler Law Firm 935 Gravier Street Suite
1900 New Orleans, LA 70112 (504)
581-6411 https//www.youtube.com/watch?v5DbP_m0C
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